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| Named Person: | Michael Eric Dyson |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Eric Dyson |
| ISBN: | 9780465002061 0465002064 |
| OCLC Number: | 77795901 |
| Description: | xvii, 412 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Imani Perry -- Movin' on up? : Segregation, integration, and assimilation / Mara Tapp, Gary Orfield, Arturo Vargas -- The 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, distortions, 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 -- The 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 -- The 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 -- The 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 -- The 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. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Eric Dyson. |
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Abstract:
From John Kerry to John McCain to Ann Coulter and hosts of television's "The View" - this work shows the mental agility and rhetorical tenacity that have made the author one of America's most astute intellectuals, covering topics as diverse as the legacy of the OJ Simpson trial and the authenticity of Colin Powell.
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- African Americans -- Race identity.
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