Disintegration : the splintering of Black America / Eugene Robinson.

Explains how years of desegregation and affirmative action have led to the revelation of four distinct African American groups who reflect unique political views and circumstances, in a report that also illuminates crucial modern debates on race and class.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Eugene, 1954-
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2010], ©2010.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 21st century.
African Americans > Race identity.
Group identity > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:xi, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Black America" doesn't live here anymore
  • When we were one
  • Parting of the ways
  • The mainstream : a double life
  • The abandoned : no way out
  • The transcendent : where none have gone before
  • The emergent (part 1) : coming to America
  • The emergent (part 2) : how Black is Black?
  • Urgency, focus and sacrifice
  • We know who we are, but who will we be?