The End of Racism Finding Values In An Age Of Technoaffluence

by D'Souza, Dinesh

• ISBN13: 9780684825243
• ISBN10: 0684825244
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-30
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

In this daring exploration of the history, nature, and ultimate meaning of racism, Dinesh D'Souza breaks the accepted boundaries of discourse about race in our country. When published in hardcover, D'Souza's opinion and comments stirred much controversy. In a new Foreword presented here, he responds to critics on all sides of the political spectrum.

Author Biography

DINESH D'SOUZA has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar, public intellectual, and filmmaker. Born in India, D’Souza came to the U.S. as an exchange student at the age of 17 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. The author of many bestselling books including America, The Big Lie, Death of a Nation, and United States of Socialism, he is also the creator of three of the top ten highest-grossing political documentaries ever made.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
The White Man's Burden: The Collapse of Liberal Hope	p. 1
Ignoble Savages: The Origins of Racism	p. 25
An American Dilemma: Was Slavery a Racist Institution?	p. 67
The Invention of Prejudice: The Rise of Liberal Antiracism	p. 115
A Dream Deferred: Who Betrayed Martin Luther King, Jr.?	p. 163
The Race Merchants: How Civil Rights Became a Profession	p. 201
Is America a Racist Society? The Problem of Rational Discrimination	p. 245
Institutional Racism and Double Standards: Racial Preferences and Their Consequences	p. 289
Is Eurocentrism a Racist Concept? The Search for an African Shakespeare	p. 337
Bigotry in Black and White: Can African American Be Racist?	p. 387
The Content of Our Chromosomes: Race and the IQ Debate	p. 431
Uncle Tom's Dilemma: Pathologies of Black Culture	p. 477
The End of Racism: A New Vision for a Multiracial Society	p. 525
Notes	p. 557
Index	p. 701
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