Two Nations
Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal
Published on 1. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-7432-3824-3 (ISBN)
Description
Updated to reveal the current state of affairs, a portrait of America as a divided nation depicts the United States as both a racist and classist society in which blacks have been unable to find acceptance and discusses the social unrest that marks social inequality. Reprint.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-3824-3 (9780743238243)
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Andrew Hacker is a professor of political science at Queens College in New York City. His books include Downfall: The Demise of a President and His Party, Two Nations, Higher Education?, and The Math Myth. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Time, and Fortune, among other periodicals. Mr. Hacker lives in New York City.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
PART I
1. Dividing American Society
2. Race and Racism: Inferiority or Equality?
3. Being Black in America
4. White Responses: Right and Left, Guilt and Sex
PART II
5. Parents and Children: Do the Races Really Differ?
6. The Racial Income Gap: How Much Is Due to Bias?
7. Equity in Employment: Qualifications and Quotas
8. Education: Ethnicity and Achievement
9. Segregated Schooling: Voluntary and Imposed
10. What's Best for Black Children?
11. Crime: The Role Race Plays
12. The Politics of Race
Statistical Sources
Quoted and Cited Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Copyright © 1992, 1995, 2003 by Andrew Hacker
Preface
PART I
1. Dividing American Society
2. Race and Racism: Inferiority or Equality?
3. Being Black in America
4. White Responses: Right and Left, Guilt and Sex
PART II
5. Parents and Children: Do the Races Really Differ?
6. The Racial Income Gap: How Much Is Due to Bias?
7. Equity in Employment: Qualifications and Quotas
8. Education: Ethnicity and Achievement
9. Segregated Schooling: Voluntary and Imposed
10. What's Best for Black Children?
11. Crime: The Role Race Plays
12. The Politics of Race
Statistical Sources
Quoted and Cited Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Copyright © 1992, 1995, 2003 by Andrew Hacker