After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane KatrinaDavid Dante Troutt Available for the first time in paperback after selling out its hardcover print run and being frequently named among the best of the Katrina books, After the Storm offers "angry, learned, focused, readable, [and] essential" writing, according to Library Journal, in which contributors face what Ebony magazine calls "questions about poverty, housing, governmental decision-making, crime, community development and political participation, which were raised in the aftermath of the storm." Featuring the work of leading African American intellectuals, including Derrick Bell, Charles Ogletree, Michael Eric Dyson, Cheryl Harris, Devon Carbado, Adolph Reed, Sheryll Cashin, and Clement Alexander Price, After the Storm suggests "precisely what we must do if we are to both save the planet and create the great towns and cities that we can proudly bequeath to future generations" (Socialist Review). |
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... ghetto context , one could argue that American race relations are much improved . The same Amer- ica that shuns the black ghetto has made Oprah one of the richest women on the planet . The diplomatic face of American foreign policy is ...
... ghetto neighborhoods constitute just 1 percent of the national population but the ghetto looms large in how black folks are perceived . The ghetto is an alternative universe : one where the standard language is " Ebonics , " where more ...
... ghetto residents are given the opportunity to live in middle - class neigh- borhoods , as are most poor whites in this country , they improve significantly in education and employment . Ghetto behaviors are intrinsic to high - poverty ...
Contents
MANY THOUSANDS GONE AGAIN David Dante Troutt | 3 |
THE AMERICAN DILEMMA REDUX | 29 |
THE PERSISTENCE OF RACE POLITICS AND | 41 |
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After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina David Dante Troutt No preview available - 2007 |