Blackwards
Subtitle: how Black leadership is returning America to the days of separate but equal
By: Ron Christie
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780312591472; 9781250013521
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; Social conditions; African Americans; Civil rights; African American leadership; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The seeds of the Blacklash : when did America stray from equality under the law to a push for special rather than equal rights?; title: Affirmative action : how the vision for true equality under the law has retreated to the days of separate and unequal treatment in American society; title: So-called Black leaders creating a blacklash while pursuing a Black agenda; title: Candidate Obama and the manipulation of race : setting the stage for blacklash; title: A nation of cowards : how the Obama administration deepened racial divisions rather than unify the country; title: Of police officers acting stupidly and Black Panthers as "my people" : cementing the impression Blacks were entitled to special rather than equal rights in the Obama era; title: Playing the race card has created a blacklash in the Obama era; title: The path ahead to end the blacklash.