By The Color Of Our Skin

by Barbara Diggs-Brown, Leonard Steinhorn

A provocative analysis of race argues that integration does not currently exist and will never exist in the future, identifying what the authors term an integration illusion that keeps America from solving its race problems. 12,500 first printing. Tour.

Genres: Race, Nonfiction, History, Sociology

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Antonio · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This is a good read that makes us really explore who we are rather than who we think we are, the sad reality behind the lives we actually lead and the way we want to see ourselves. One of our nations's proudest and most remarkable achievements is how we have embrace, welcomed, and united an extraordinary number of nationalities, religion, and ethnic groups. A feat replicated by no other nation. Why haven't we enlarged the melting pot to include African-Americans? Our failure for integration is even more tragic when you think about how African-Americans are one of the most American of all ethnic groups. A people who have worked hard, played by all the rules, and deferred gratification literally for centuries.

[Sugy · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting read. would be nice to see written today, just 10 years later. i enjoyed how it disussed many different levels of the issue, but felt as though it was written almost like a set of excuses for behavior. definitely something to think about...