The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

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Penguin, Jan 1, 2001 - Social Science - 272 pages
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Both an unflinching indictment of past wrongs and an impassioned call to America to educate its citizens about the history of Africa and its people, The Debt says in no uncertain terms what white America owes blacks—and what blacks owe themselves.

In this powerful and controversial book, distinguished African-American political leader and thinker Randall Robinson argues for the restoration of the rich history that slavery and segregation severed. Drawing from research and personal experience, he shows that only by reclaiming their lost past and proud heritage can blacks lay the foundation for their future. And white Americans can begin making reparations for slavery and the century of racial discrimination that followed with monetary restitution, educational programs, and the kinds of equal opportunities that will ensure the social and economic success of all citizens.

“Engaging...Robinson continues an important conversation...His anecdotes support his attempts to reclaim African American heritage and empower African Americans.”—The Washington Post

 

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Randall Robinson fairly describes the legatic shadow of racist defamation: "No nation can enslave a race of people for hundreds of years, set them free bedraggled and penniless, pit them, without ... Read full review

THE DEBT: What America Owes to Blacks

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Robinson (Defending the Spirit, 1998), influential chief of the lobbying group TransAfrica, presents the long overdue bill, on behalf of America's blacks, for centuries of social and economic abuse ... Read full review

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
RECLAIMING OUR ANCIENT SELF
TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE LONGTERM PSYCHIC DAMAGE
RACE TO CLASS TO RACE
SELFHATRED
DEMANDING RESPECT
THE CUBA EXAMPLE
THE COST OF IGNORING THE RACE PROBLEM IN AMERICA
AND IN THE BLACKWORLD
THOUGHTS ABOUT RESTITUTION
TOWARD THE BLACK RENAISSANCE
SOURCES
INDEX
Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Randall Robinson is the founder and president of TransAfrica, the organization that spearheaded the movement to influence U.S. policies toward international black leadership. He is the author of Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks and The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe To Each Other. Frequently featured in major print media, he has appeared on Charlie Rose, Today, Good Morning America, and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, among others.

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TitleThe Debt: What America Owes to Blacks
AuthorRandall Robinson
PublisherPenguin, 2001
ISBN110119149X, 9781101191491
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  ›  › 

History / African American & Black
Social Science / Discrimination
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
  
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