{"product_id":"brief-history-of-the-subordination-of-african-americans-in-the-u-s","title":"Brief History of the Subordination of African Americans in the U.S.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"brief history\" presents the essential story of the subordination of African Americans in the U.S., captured in a 1968 cartoon by Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist John Fischetti. The drawing is of a black man handcuffed to a wall with cuffs labeled \"White Racism.\" The caption reads, \"Why don’t they lift themselves up by their own bootstraps like we did?\"\u003ci\u003e Bootstraps\u003c\/i\u003e shows just how little lift-up there has been, and how the handcuffs of white racism have been and continue to be the cause. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnique in its combination of comprehensiveness and brevity, \u003ci\u003eBootstraps\u003c\/i\u003e is written in language for the general reader; yet its extensive endnotes will make it useful to both scholars and students. Its succinct overview of the subordination history includes an in-depth treatment of residential segregation – a legacy of slavery and a central problem of our time – and a response to the view that today’s racial inequality is due largely to African Americans’ own moral and cultural failures. By addressing a serious omission in the way we have educated our children, the book’s narration of our white racism history may make a contribution to a much-needed confrontation with our racist past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256714449240,"sku":"9780367423223","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367423223_77a1bbfa-0dce-4c12-891c-57e8fe8998e9.jpg?v=1769022029","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/brief-history-of-the-subordination-of-african-americans-in-the-u-s","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}