What Black People Should Do Now Dispatches from Near the Vanguard

by Wiley, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780345380449
• ISBN10: 0345380444
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-11
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

"Probing, entertaining and agitating." Essence By the acclaimed and controversial author of WHY BLACK PEOPLE TEND TO SHOUT, this is an unblinking look at African-American life, including explosive essays on education, Rodney King, multiculturalism, and men and women. Part fiery polemic, part stinging satire, part lyrical testament to how Black people survive everyday racism -- Wiley leaves no stone unturned as he demands that all Black people think about where they are and what they really want to happen.

Table of Contents

What Black People Should Do Now: An Introduction	p. 3
About Media
Why Black People Don't Buy Books	p. 15
It's Greek to Me	p. 22
Why Black People Don't Often Go to Baseball Games	p. 38
How Skeeter Became the Boss	p. 64
Imagination	p. 82
About Personalities
Where Once Black People Laughed	p. 97
Mister Justice Thomas	p. 103
Some of My Best Friends	p. 126
Strange Fruit	p. 145
A Brief on the Meaning of Being: Muhammad Ali	p. 165
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington and Malcolm X	p. 175
How Black People Regard a Certain Movie Star	p. 225
Magic	p. 239
About Perceptions
Why Black People Sing the Blues	p. 257
Why Black People Shoot the Jump Shot for Nothing	p. 285
It's a Black Thing That Nobody Understands	p. 302
About Travel
On the A-Train to Venus with Isis	p. 309
About Life
The Death of Cool	p. 323
What Black People Haven't Done Yet	p. 328
Do All Black People Know Each Other?	p. 334
Portrait of the Politician as a Man Reborn	p. 345
Identity and Purpose	p. 351
Index	p. 361
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