{"product_id":"the-end-of-respectability-anthony-walton-9781567927283","title":"The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh and startling thoughts on the progress and backlash that is reality for African Americans today. Trapped in a confusing maze of contradictions, there is still a measured hope for living, working, and loving alongside those who embrace equality while never losing sight of permanent enemies who never will.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn into the Civil Rights Movement, author Anthony Walton observed firsthand the opening of opportunity for racial reconciliation. He also saw systemic racism and the vicious backlash against Black progress embodied in the Southern Strategy, Tea Party, and MAGA. Over time, Walton come to believe that moving forward requires a \"Third Reconstruction\" to accomplish what remains: better health outcomes, secure voting rights, and sustained economic and educational opportunity. Only this approach, he believes, will accomplish what remains unfinished for true African American equality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending social history, bracing analysis, and autobiography, this dazzling collection includes essays published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e--including \"Willie Horton and Me\" and the much-anthologized \"Technology vs. African Americans\"--as well as new work that probes Walton's earlier thinking. Throughout, the author delivers insights that wrestle with the hydra-headed, ever-changing realities of an American society in which the more things change, the more they stay the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Respectability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e illuminates recent American history as experienced by a writer who has remained open to hope, unfazed by failures, and unflinchingly dedicated to the truth. This book will leave you changed. And just may incite you to be a part of the change we need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Walton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567927289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567927283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Anthony Walton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45264959308031,"sku":"9781567927283","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9abc4af6-dbc0-43e1-a6aa-4ed82716b773.jpg?v=1713419761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-of-respectability-anthony-walton-9781567927283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}