Rooming in the Master's House: Power and Privilege in the Rise of Black Conservatism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781594518904)

Rooming in the Master's House is a strikingly original portrait of the black conservative movement by two of the most celebrated African American scholars. Asante and Hall show that today's black conservative movement can be traced to the original class and social distinctions created during slavery when certain Africans were given positions in the master's house and consequently felt that they were better than the Africans who worked in the fields. Using historical and social sources, the authors weave a narrative explaining how the house Negro syndrome continues in current discourses on the black community and in American Politics.

Author: Molefi Kete Asante, Ronald E. Hall
ISBN-10: 1594518904
ISBN-13: 9781594518904
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2010
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.34w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 49