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Category Archives: Race
Is Bill Cosby Right? 4
In his controversial “Pound Cake” speech before the NAACP in 2004, Bill Cosby criticized and ridiculed fashion trends within the African-American community: baggy pants, body piercings, etc. Cosby was also critical of African-American parents who give their children unusual names, … Continue reading
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Is Bill Cosby Right? 3
In my latest reading of Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?), Michael Eric Dyson talks about a time when an African-American held him and a female companion up at gunpoint. Dyson reasoned with … Continue reading
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Is Bill Cosby Right? 2
In my latest reading of Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, Michael Eric Dyson cited studies that contradict Bill Cosby’s assertions in his controversial 2004 speech before the NAACP. Bill Cosby chided the … Continue reading
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Is Bill Cosby Right? 1
I started Michael Eric Dyson’s 2005 book, Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?). The book is a critique of Bill Cosby’s controversial 2004 speech before the NAACP. Dyson contends that Cosby in that … Continue reading
Posted in Black History Month, Race, Television
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Two Nations 9
I finished Andrew Hacker’s 1992/1995 book Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal. In this post, I would like to highlight a sobering passage on pages 50-51: “If you are a black woman, you can expect to live five … Continue reading
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Two Nations 8
Is racism a problem that is significantly holding African-Americans back in the United States? A number of white conservatives would answer “no.” They would say that African-Americans who are poor or disadvantaged are themselves at fault for their predicament. There … Continue reading
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Two Nations 7
In his updated 1995 version of Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, Andrew Hacker has a chapter about the O.J. Simpson trial, and the difference of opinion between many whites and many African-Americans about it. Incidentally, Hacker states … Continue reading
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Two Nations 6: Crime
My latest reading of Andrew Hacker’s Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal focused on crime. Hacker states that “one out of every five black men will spend some part of his life behind bars” (page 195). That is … Continue reading
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Two Nations 5
My latest reading of Andrew Hacker’s Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal focused on education. Is racial integration in education a good thing, overall, for African-American students? My impression is that Hacker is rather ambivalent on this. On … Continue reading
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Two Nations 4
An issue that came up quite frequently in my latest reading of Andrew Hacker’s 1992 (updated in 1995) book, Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal was that of qualifications. Under affirmative action policies for jobs and admission to … Continue reading
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