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Losing the race : self-sabotage in Black America /

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A professor of linguistics paints a controversial portrait of defeatism and pessimism in black America that threatens to hold young African Americans back.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McWhorter, John H (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial, 2001.
Edition:1st Perennial ed.
Subjects:
African Americans > Psychology.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
African Americans > Education.
Success > Psychological aspects.
Self-defeating behavior.
Noirs américains > Psychologie.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Noirs américains > Éducation.
Succès > Aspect psychologique.
Défaitisme.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Psychologie
Schwarze
Soziale Situation
USA
Schwärze
Since 1975
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Cult of victimology
  • Cult of separatism
  • Cult of anti-intellectualism
  • Roots of the cult of anti-intellectualism
  • African-American self-sabotage in action: Affirmative-action debate
  • African-American self-sabotage in action: Ebonics controversy
  • How can we save the African-American race?
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.