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When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans?including President Obama?are eager to discuss: there is no such thing as a post-racial America. When it comes to race, the United States has come a long way, but not far enough and not fast enough. Every day, we cope with casual racism, myriad indignities, institutional obstacles, post-racial nonsense, and peers bent on self-destruction. The powers that be, meanwhile, always seem to arrive with their apologies and redress a day late and a dollar short.
This book takes a close look at the lives of African-Americans from diverse backgrounds as Obama's victory comes to play a personal role in each of their lives. Every tale delves into the complex issues we will have to deal with going forward:
Barack Obama will deliver his first official State of the Union address in January 2010, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short will deliver an altogether different picture of the way things really under the first black president.
Author: Jon Jeter, Robert Pierre
ISBN-10: 0470520663
ISBN-13: 9780470520666
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.34w x 0.94d
Review Citation(s):
Publisher's Weekly Annex 12/21/2009
Jon Jeter has served as a producer for This American Life on NPR and as a Bureau Chief for the Washington Post. He is the author of Flat Broke in the Free Market.
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