{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-the-alexander-polikoff-9781032174808","title":"A Brief History of the Subordination of African Americans in the U.S.: Of Handcuffs and Bootstraps","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"brief history\" presents the essential story of the subordination of African Americans in the U.S., captured in a 1968 cartoon by Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist John Fischetti. The drawing is of a black man handcuffed to a wall with cuffs labeled \"White Racism.\" The caption reads, \"Why don't they lift themselves up by their own bootstraps like we did?\"\u003ci\u003e Bootstraps\u003c\/i\u003e shows just how little lift-up there has been, and how the handcuffs of white racism have been and continue to be the cause. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnique in its combination of comprehensiveness and brevity, \u003ci\u003eBootstraps\u003c\/i\u003e is written in language for the general reader; yet its extensive endnotes will make it useful to both scholars and students. Its succinct overview of the subordination history includes an in-depth treatment of residential segregation - a legacy of slavery and a central problem of our time - and a response to the view that today's racial inequality is due largely to African Americans' own moral and cultural failures. By addressing a serious omission in the way we have educated our children, the book's narration of our white racism history may make a contribution to a much-needed confrontation with our racist past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Polikoff, Elizabeth Lassar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032174803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032174808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Alexander Polikoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962563809535,"sku":"9781032174808","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59912461-12e5-4c79-89eb-a82898aedb8e.jpg?v=1750651838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-the-alexander-polikoff-9781032174808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}