Race against time : the politics of a darkening America / Keith Boykin.

"As the upheaval of 2020 has made clear, America has utterly failed to atone for its original sin of racism. As America turns blacker and browner, the combination of fearful whites, angry and newly empowered blacks, and an inexcusable absence of leadership from Washington has created ideal condition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boykin, Keith (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Racism > United States > History.
African Americans > Politics and government > 21st century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > 21st century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Race relations.
Racism.
United States.
HISTORY / United States / General.
2000-2099
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:vi, 292 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Our weary year
  • The hope that the present has brought us. From Trayvon Martin to George Floyd ; Reckoning
  • The faith that the dark past has taught us. The never-ending civil war ; George Bush's kinder, gentler racism ; Bill Clinton's calculated triangulation ; George W. Bush's "soft bigotry" ; Barack Obama's unreciprocated optimism ; Donald Trump's white nationalism
  • Let us march on. Till victory is won ; Atonement ; Accountability ; Equality.