Poverty

Book Review: More than just Race

(Norton Press, 2009) According to William Julius Wilson, author of More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (in stores March 2009), “the disproportionate number of low-skilled black males in this country is one of the legacies of historical segregation and discrimination”. This statement cuts cleanly the notion that class-ism is…

February 18, 2009

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Book Reviews, Books, Commentary, Printed Matters, Reviews, the Freshness

books, Class, Poverty, Printed Matters, Race
Broadcasting Out of Africa

What if global perceptions of America were based only on our most impoverished citizens (and those citizens had their livelihoods stolen from them)?

February 16, 2009

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Commentary

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