Stirrings in the Jug : Black Politics in the Post-Segregation Era
Overview
Skeptical of received wisdom, Reed casts a critical eye on political trends in the black community over the past thirty years. He examines the rise of a new black political class in the aftermath of the civil rights era, and bluntly denounces black leadership that is not accountable to a black constituency; such leadership, he says, functions as a proxy for white elites. Reed debunks as myths the 'endangered black male" and the "black underclass, " and punctures what he views as the exaggeration and self-deception surrounding the black power movement and the Malcolm X revival. He chastises the Left, too, for its failure to develop an alternative politics, then lays out a practical leftist agenda and reasserts the centrality of political action.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780816626816
- ISBN-10: 0816626812
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- Publish Date: October 1999
- Dimensions: 9.01 x 5.92 x 0.69 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.91 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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