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The Trouble with Friendship : Why Americans Can`t Think Straight About Race /

In this lively book, a well-known social critic draws on evidence from movies, TV, literature, and advertising to argue that many Americans have been lulled by the media into believing that racial problems can be substantially mitigated, even vanquished, by blacks and whites working together, one on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: DeMott, Benjamin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Visions of Black- White Friendship
  • Chapter 2 The Mystique of Sympathy
  • Chapter 3 Because We Like Them: A Sampler
  • Chapter 4 Caste Society/Opportunity Society(I): An Overview
  • Chapter 5 Caste Society/Opportunity Society (II): Local Facts
  • Chapter 6 Caste Society/Opportunity Society (III): The Problem of Change Rates
  • Chapter 7 lnvisible Woman: Friendship Dogma and the Disappearance of Joyce Ann Moore
  • Chapter 8 Chicken George & Co. Versus History
  • Chapter 9 The Issueless War and the Movement That Never Was
  • Chapter 10 Clearing the Conscience (I): The Mystique of Can-Do
  • Chapter 11 Clearing the Conscience (II): A Free Choice of Life
  • Chapter 12 Conclusion: Life After Tolerance
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes