Don't Believe the Hype Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans

by Chideya, Farai

• ISBN13: 9780452270961
• ISBN10: 0452270960
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-02-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Drawing from government sources, published studies, and polls on a wide range of economic and social issues, this book provides African Americans who find themselves confronting ignorant or stereotyped comments or images with the ammunition they need to fight the pervasive "misinformation" surrounding racial issues in this country.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Test Your Racial Issues IQ
Round One: Nature v. Nurture
When Is a Fact Not the Truth?	p. 3
Black America at a Glance: A Statistical Overview of the African-American Community	p. 13
Sex, Love, and Family Values	p. 20
The Myth of the Welfare Queen	p. 35
Where Home Is	p. 46
The Education of Black America
Teaching Them Well?	p. 63
Ivory Towers: The African-American College and University Experience	p. 80
Money and Power
Affirmative Action and Employment Discrimination	p. 103
Sixty Cents to the Dollar: Black Employment Patterns and Wages	p. 115
Saving and Spending	p. 133
Culture Clash: African-Americans in the Arts	p. 140
Superstars: African-Americans in the World of Sports	p. 154
The Structures of Society
A Quick Look Back	p. 167
The New Old Racism	p. 182
Whose Justice?	p. 190
Drugs and Health	p. 209
The Politics of Blackness	p. 224
Who's Making What News?	p. 241
Index	p. 255
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