Debating race with Michael Eric Dyson / Michael Eric Dyson.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Civitas, 2007.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Race identity.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:xvii, 412 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Debating race. [Other title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Imani Perry
  • Movin' on up? Segregation, integration, and assimilation / Mara Tapp, Gary Orfield, Aruturo Vargas
  • Greatest American ever: the radical, and human, Martin Luther King, Jr. / Tavis Smiley, Taylor Branch
  • Too little thought, too little action? Black leaders and intellectuals / Jesse Jackson
  • Myths, distortion, and history: affirmative action / Ward Connerly
  • Rainbow collision? Black, white, and brown / Mara Tapp, Angelo Falcon
  • Membership has its privileges: coloring white identities / Ray Suarez, David Roediger, Peggy McIntosh, Anna Meigs
  • Mexicans are coming: immigration and the borders of fear / Maria Hinojosa, [et al.}
  • I say yo, you say Oy: blacks, jews, and love / Elliot A. Ratzman
  • Can we all get along? Racial friction and the beloved community / Marianne Williamson
  • Homelands, homegirls, and homefronts: the politics of black love / Cornel West
  • Where is the love? Condoleezza Rice and black folk / Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Kathy Lee Gifford
  • General principles: Colin Powell's compassionate conservatism / Juan Williams
  • Dying for attention: gun obsession and American violence / Bill Press, Mary Matalin, Michael Medved
  • Stakes are high: violence, hip-hop, and the United States Senate / John McCain, John Kerry.
  • Million heirs: marching toward manhood / Liane Hansen, Joe Klein
  • In his own hands: black male intensity and Latrell Sprewell's American dream / Roy Suarez, Len Elmore
  • Is Dave Chappelle crazy? The price of fame and the paranoid style / Keith Murphy
  • Empire keeps track: 9/11, race, and religion / Jeremy Earp
  • Who's to blame? Victims, survivors, and agents in Hurricane Katrina / Lynn Neary, Juan Williams
  • Humor in the hurt: politically incorrect reflections on Hurricane Katrina / Stephen colbert
  • Sorry seems to be the hardest word: apologies and reparations for slavery / Bobbie Battista, David Horowitz
  • Still some juice left: O.J. ten years later / Ofra Bikel
  • Weapons of mass seduction: the War in Iraq and inside US / Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Dennis Miller
  • Bill Paid: philanthropy or social justice? / Debra Dickerson
  • ResponsiBillity: Cosby's conservative turn / Ted Koppel, Shelby Steele
  • Shock (jock) therapy? Bills of right / Bill O'Reilly
  • Poor excuse: Cosby and the politics of disgust / Damian Bruce.