Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis A Living Black Chicago History

by Street, Paul L.

• ISBN13: 9780742540811
• ISBN10: 0742540812
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This study surveys metropolitan anti-black racism in 20th and 21st century Chicago. It illustrates stark racial inequality in and around contemporary global (corporate-neoliberal) Chicago. It explains apartheid and disparity in terms of persistently and deeply racist societal and institutional practices and policies. It criticizes neoconservative and liberal explanations of the black urban crisis, challenges some observers' overly sharp distinction between present and past racism and proposes ideas for challenging urban neoliberal racism in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Paul L. Street has taught at a number of colleges and universities in and around Chicago

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Forgotten People, Invisible Oppression
It'll Take More Than a Hurricane: Race, Place, Chicago, and America's "Enduring Shame"	p. 3
Whitewashing "Global Chicago": Racial Invisibility in the Neoliberal Era	p. 31
History: The Not So Good Old Ghetto
The First and Only True Ghetto	p. 69
The Second, "Golden Age" Ghetto	p. 97
The Nadir: The Third and Apocalyptic Ghetto and the Retreat from Race	p. 131
Still Separate, Unequal: The Ugly Details of Recent Racial Domination
Metropolitan Apartheid	p. 159
Savage Inequalities: The Cold Facts	p. 193
What's "Racism" Got to Do with It?	p. 229
Contesting Corporate Urban Neoliberal Racism	p. 285
Index	p. 303
About the Author	p. 313
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