{"product_id":"losing-the-race-john-mcwhorter-9780060935931","title":"Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do so many African Americans--even comfortably middle-class ones--continue to see racism as a defining factor in their lives?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter, born at the dawn of the post-Civil Rights era, spent years trying to make sense of this question. In this book he dared to say the unsayable: racism's ugliest legacy is the disease of defeatism that has infected Black America. \u003cem\u003eLosing the Race\u003c\/em\u003e explores the three main components of this cultural virus: the cults of victimology, separatism, and anti-intellectualism that are making Black people their own worst enemies in the struggle for success. With \u003cem\u003eLosing the Race, \u003c\/em\u003e a bold new voice rises among Black intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McWhorter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060935936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060935931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.38w x 0.72d","brand":"John McWhorter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051060588799,"sku":"9780060935931","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e628412c-7ef7-4a64-9f98-0e0600de6c0d.jpg?v=1685010855","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/losing-the-race-john-mcwhorter-9780060935931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}