{"product_id":"blacks-and-whites-meeting-in-america","title":"Blacks and Whites Meeting in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e   \"In white memory, which has been the dominant memory, blacks are usually absent. They just do not figure in the American story, except as slaves, as reminders of guilt. And nobody likes to be reminded of guilt\"--David K. Shipler, \u003ci\u003eA Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   On September 14, 2001, Kent State University's Ashtabula Campus sponsored its colloquium on race based on  David K. Shipler's \u003ci\u003eA Country of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eArab and Jew.\u003c\/i\u003e This collection of 18 papers explores such topics as blacks and whites in the performing arts; racial profiling; racism in American baseball; race, work and wholeness; musical style as a symbol of black cultural identity; the early Newberry Library in Chicago; the use of the body by artists to reveal the mind; Southern white ministers at mid-century; building a diverse and respectful campus community; organizational changes creating a new climate for racial equality; the missing voice of the Spanish-speaking in the black-white dialogue; the concept of equality of educational opportunity for African Americans; and praises, criticism and comments for \u003ci\u003eA Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254373667160,"sku":"9780786415410","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786415410.jpg?v=1778547643","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/blacks-and-whites-meeting-in-america","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}