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Racial Justice in the Age of Obama
Roy L. Brooks
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Description for Racial Justice in the Age of Obama
Hardback. With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice? Is government intervention no longer required? This book offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice? Is government intervention no longer required? Racial Justice in the Age of Obama considers contemporary civil rights questions and theories, and offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America today. While there are now unprecedented opportunities for talented African Americans, Roy Brooks shows that lingering deficiencies remain within the black community. Exploring solutions to these social ills, Brooks identifies competing civil rights theories and perspectives, ... Read more
With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice? Is government intervention no longer required? Racial Justice in the Age of Obama considers contemporary civil rights questions and theories, and offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America today. While there are now unprecedented opportunities for talented African Americans, Roy Brooks shows that lingering deficiencies remain within the black community. Exploring solutions to these social ills, Brooks identifies competing civil rights theories and perspectives, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691141985
SKU
V9780691141985
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About Roy L. Brooks
Roy L. Brooks is Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego. His many books include "Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations and Integration or Separation?: A Strategy for Racial Equality".
Reviews for Racial Justice in the Age of Obama
"Brooks's informative work elaborates, compares, contrasts, and critiques the four major contemporary civil rights theories
'traditionalism,' 'reformism,' 'limited separation,' and 'critical race theory'
with attention to diversity within each perspective... [B]rooks provides readers with a valuable road map to navigate a very complex theoretical terrain."
Choice "Racial Justice in the Age of Obama provides an excellent, balanced summary, critique, and synthesis of the ... Read more
'traditionalism,' 'reformism,' 'limited separation,' and 'critical race theory'
with attention to diversity within each perspective... [B]rooks provides readers with a valuable road map to navigate a very complex theoretical terrain."
Choice "Racial Justice in the Age of Obama provides an excellent, balanced summary, critique, and synthesis of the ... Read more