Critical Race Consciousness: The Puzzle of Representation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594519055)

Despite the apparent racial progress reflected in Obama's election, the African American community in the United States is in a deep crisis on many fronts - economic, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual. This book sets out to trace the ideological roots of this crisis.Challenging the conventional historical narrative of race in America, Peller contends that the structure of contemporary racial discourse was set in the confrontation between liberal integrationism and black nationalism during the 1960s and 1970s. Arguing that the ideology of integration that emerged was highly conservative, apologetic, and harmful to the African American community, this book is sure to provide a new lens for studying - and learning from - American race relations in the twentieth century.

Author: Gary Peller
ISBN-10: 1594519056
ISBN-13: 9781594519055
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2012
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2012