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The Trouble with Friendship|Benjamin Demott

The Trouble with Friendship : Why Americans Can`t Think Straight about Race

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A well-known social critic draws on evidence from the media to argue that many Americans have been lulled into believing that racial problems can be substantially mitigated, even vanquished, by blacks and whites, working together one on one, to reconcile their differences. DeMott believes that this position of "friendship orthodoxy" oversimplifies the causes of racism and allows us to ignore the harsh socioeconomic realities faced by many blacks in this country.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780300073942
  • ISBN-10: 0300073941
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publish Date: March 1998
  • Dimensions: 8.29 x 5.53 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.63 pounds
  • Page Count: 224

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