"This book advances the view that concentrated black power is the backbone of the Democratic Party and, as such, black empowerment represents the last hope for the US both domestically and internationally. Through analyses of secondary data, historical archives, and a variety of political and economic statistical indicators, it examines the relationship between black empowerment and America's global stature across its history, exploring the socio-historical context in which obstacles to black empowerment have occurred and the strategies that have been adopted across time for its realization. An examination of what Black political, legal, economic and cultural power looks like, The Fight for Black Empowerment in the USA makes an urgent call for the up-lift and empowerment of the black population, without which the nation faces irreversible political and economic dysfunction domestically, and a loss of its status as a global superpower. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in racial and ethnic inequalities and contemporary American society." -- Amazon.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
In search of power: getting the big piece of chicken
The old deal - frenemy of the state
White supremacist ideology and the power to be able
The political leverage of Black power
Politics as usual
No permanent friends, no permanent enemies
Everybody eats.
Other title(s)
Fight for Black empowerment in the United States of America
ISBN
9781032191652 ((hardcover))
1032191651 ((hardcover))
9781032208442 ((paperback))
1032208449 ((paperback))
OCLC
1400109506
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