Race matters /

West, Cornel,

Race matters / [print] Cornel West. - first Vintage books edition. - New York : Vintage Books, (c)1994. - xvi, 159 pages ; 21 cm

Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1993. With new epilogue.

Introduction: Race matters -- Nihilism in Black America -- The pitfalls of racial reasoning -- The crisis of Black leadership -- Demystifying the new Black conservatism -- Beyond affirmative action : equality and identity -- On Black-Jewish relations -- Black sexuality : the taboo subject -- Malcolm X and Black rage -- Epilogue to the Vintage edition.

Looks at the issues facing African Americans, including the new Black conservatism, Black-Jewish relations, discrimination, racial sterotypes, and despair.



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United States Race relations

E185.W516.R334 1994