By Ishmael Reed
ISBN-10: 1926824563
ISBN-13: 9781926824567
Challenging a triumphing perspective, this account disputes the concept racism isn't any longer an element in American existence. according to cultural and literary evidence—including Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn—it argues that, in many ways, the U.S. a great deal resembles the rustic of the 1850s. not just are the representations of blacks in pop culture throwbacks to the times of minstrelsy, yet politicians also are elevating stereotypes resembling these which fugitive slaves came across it essential to wrestle: that African american citizens are lazy, established, and wanting administration. daring and direct, this booklet brings a tremendous debate to the surface.
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