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The Problem of Race in the 21st Century
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
18.01.2023
Verlag
Harvard University PressSeitenzahl
160 (Printausgabe)
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1009 KB
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Englisch
EAN
9780674264533
An analysis of how the conditions of race and racism in our culture have changed in our time and what this means for our future.
"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line," W. E. B. Du Bois wrote in 1903, and his words have proven sadly prophetic. As we enter the twenty-first century, the problem remains-and yet it, and the line that defines it, have shifted in subtle but significant ways. This brief book speaks powerfully to the question of how the circumstances of race and racism have changed in our time-and how these changes will affect our future.
Foremost among the book's concerns are the contradictions and incoherence of a system that idealizes black celebrities in politics, popular culture, and sports even as it diminishes the average African-American citizen. The world of the assembly line, boxer Jack Johnson's career, and
The Birth of a Nationcome underThomas Holt's scrutiny as he relates the malign progress of race and racism to the loss of industrial jobs and the rise of our modern consumer society. Understanding race as ideology, he describes the processes of consumerism and commodification that have transformed, but not necessarily improved, the place of black citizens in our society.
As disturbing as it is enlightening, this timely work reveals the radical nature of change as it relates to race and its cultural phenomena. It offers conceptual tools and a new way to think and talk about racism as social reality.
Praise for
The Problem of Race in the Twenty-first Century
"Debates about race often take the form of a mind game designed to establish whether or not a particular word or act is racially motivated... [This book] provides a compelling argument for rethinking our ideas about race." -Frank Furedi,
New Statesman
"Holt rightly asserts that our racial legacy should be a point of departure-not a destination-in examining the enduring nature of racial enmity. As a nation and as individuals, we must imagine ourselves beyond, while remaining aware of, those forces that are at the root of the enmity." -Vernon Ford,
Booklist
"[Readers] will benefit from Holt's expert and careful examination of these "narratives of contradiction and incoherence" as he attempts to forecast the reigning racial ethos for the next millennium.... Holt writes in clear, precise prose... and makes an important contribution to both public and academic discussions of race and labor and their intersections in U.S. politics." -
Publishers Weekly
"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line," W. E. B. Du Bois wrote in 1903, and his words have proven sadly prophetic. As we enter the twenty-first century, the problem remains-and yet it, and the line that defines it, have shifted in subtle but significant ways. This brief book speaks powerfully to the question of how the circumstances of race and racism have changed in our time-and how these changes will affect our future.
Foremost among the book's concerns are the contradictions and incoherence of a system that idealizes black celebrities in politics, popular culture, and sports even as it diminishes the average African-American citizen. The world of the assembly line, boxer Jack Johnson's career, and
The Birth of a Nationcome underThomas Holt's scrutiny as he relates the malign progress of race and racism to the loss of industrial jobs and the rise of our modern consumer society. Understanding race as ideology, he describes the processes of consumerism and commodification that have transformed, but not necessarily improved, the place of black citizens in our society.
As disturbing as it is enlightening, this timely work reveals the radical nature of change as it relates to race and its cultural phenomena. It offers conceptual tools and a new way to think and talk about racism as social reality.
Praise for
The Problem of Race in the Twenty-first Century
"Debates about race often take the form of a mind game designed to establish whether or not a particular word or act is racially motivated... [This book] provides a compelling argument for rethinking our ideas about race." -Frank Furedi,
New Statesman
"Holt rightly asserts that our racial legacy should be a point of departure-not a destination-in examining the enduring nature of racial enmity. As a nation and as individuals, we must imagine ourselves beyond, while remaining aware of, those forces that are at the root of the enmity." -Vernon Ford,
Booklist
"[Readers] will benefit from Holt's expert and careful examination of these "narratives of contradiction and incoherence" as he attempts to forecast the reigning racial ethos for the next millennium.... Holt writes in clear, precise prose... and makes an important contribution to both public and academic discussions of race and labor and their intersections in U.S. politics." -
Publishers Weekly
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