| Paying the Social Debt: What White America Owes Black America Contributor(s): America, Richard F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275944506 ISBN-13: 9780275944506 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1993 Annotation: Richard America here redefines the complex problems of racial economic injustice, poverty, inequality, and lagging competitiveness and productivity in the United States. In a sure-to-be-controversial analysis, the author argues that there is a true debt owed by White America to Black America, that this debt is significant, and that it has now come due. He estimates the size of Whites' debt to Blacks, shows how that debt came to be, and suggests creative ways of paying it back. This book argues persuasively that the social and racial problems in the United States cannot be solved until we acknowledge that the "haves" truly and literally owe money to the "have nots." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 93002861 |
| Lexile Measure: 1240 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richard America here redefines the complex problems of racial economic injustice, poverty, inequality, and lagging competitiveness and productivity in the United States. In a sure-to-be-controversial analysis, the author argues that there is a true debt owed by White America to Black America, that this debt is significant, and that it has now come due. He estimates the size of Whites' debt to Blacks, shows how that debt came to be, and suggests creative ways of paying it back. This book argues persuasively that the social and racial problems in the United States cannot be solved until we acknowledge that the haves truly and literally owe money to the have nots. |