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Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families
Traces black family history from ancient Africa, through slavery and Reconstruction, to today, examining the effects of technology, war, education, and the economy on black families across five social classes. 30,000 first printing. Tour.
444 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1993
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April 28, 2020
Heavy on the facts and figures and surveys - overall not quite what I needed for my research, and most people would probably think it even drier than I did.
Published in 1992, its concluding sections are very much out of date. For one, it was far too optimistic about USAns' ability to escape the tightening noose of neoliberal economics. For another, in discussing the question of whether the government should be "done" with trying to achieve racial justice, it completely overlooked the government's role in establishing racial injustice in the first place. I mean, this morning I woke up to the news that Georgia is allowing two white men to get away with the cold-blooded murder of a black man. NO, WE ARE NOT FUCKING DONE.
Published in 1992, its concluding sections are very much out of date. For one, it was far too optimistic about USAns' ability to escape the tightening noose of neoliberal economics. For another, in discussing the question of whether the government should be "done" with trying to achieve racial justice, it completely overlooked the government's role in establishing racial injustice in the first place. I mean, this morning I woke up to the news that Georgia is allowing two white men to get away with the cold-blooded murder of a black man. NO, WE ARE NOT FUCKING DONE.
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