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Race and Reconciliation in America

von: William S. Cohen, William S. Anne & Emmett LLC, Enola Gay Aird, Adele Logan Alexander, James Allen, Tom Allen, Bernard Bergreen, Douglas Blackmon, Katrina Brown, Krista Buccellato, Lonnie Bunch, Deepak Chopra, Gail Christopher, Nancy Clair, Chuck Conconi, John Connolly, Stephen Cropper, Jason Dean, Debbie Dingell, Jan Smith-Donaldson, Sam Donaldson, Maria Echaveste, Christopher Edley, Mary Farrell, Raul Fernandez, Patricia Finneran, Badi Foster, LaToya Foster, D'Angelo Gardner, Helene Gayle, Louis Gossett, Kevin Gover, Marc Grossman, Tammy Haddad, Roger Hambrick, Elyas Harris, Dorothy Height, Zelda Heller, Shmuel Herzfeld, Fred Hochberg, Murray Horwitz, Noel Ignatiev, Bruce Jacobs, Jim Jones, The Honorable Henry Kennedy, Joe Klein, Jay Lavender, Reta Lewis, The Honorable John Lewis, Michael Liberty, Joe Madison, Sharon Malone, Marlon Marshall, Robbie McCauley, Alexis McGill, Peggy McIntosh, Sgt Maj. Alford McMichael, Natalie Moody, Dawn Moore, Joy Moore, Minyon Moore, Westley Moore, Beverly Morgan-Welch, Judi
47,99 €
Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	16.06.2009
ISBN/EAN:	9780739135525
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	230

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Titelbeschreibung

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all. While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years_including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State_it's clear that our journey to a post-racial era is far from complete. In virtually every measurable category, whether income levels, job opportunities, access to health care, life expectancy, high school diplomas, incarceration rates, do not fare well compared to their white counterparts. The dialogue entitled Race and Reconciliation in America was convened to provide a forum for a long overdue, open, honest, and constructive discussion among people of good will about the need for the American people to truly grasp the depth of past misdeeds, why the legacies of past oppression persist, and how we can achieve a more fair and just society embodied in the American Dream.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Convinced that what is needed in America is a serious, open, civil dialogue on racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice, William S. Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen brought together an august and varied group of individuals in July 2008. Meeting in Washington, D.C., the participants, including Douglas Blackmon, Deepak Chopra, Sam Donaldson, Louis Gossett, Jr., and the Honorable John Lewis, came together to further a national conversation about the need for truth, tolerance, and reconciliation and what we can do to help all of our citizens to achieve their dreams in this land of great promise.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Editors' Note
 Chapter 2 Introduction
 Chapter 3 Chapter 1. The Arc of History and How We Got Here
 Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Justice: Is it Color-Blind?
 Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Education: What Are We Teaching? What Are We Learning? Are We Failing?
 Chapter 6 Chapter 4. The Economics of Race
 Chapter 7 Chapter 5. The Media and Film
 Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Religion and Spirituality
 Chapter 9 Chapter 7. The Next Generation Speaks

Autorenportrait

William S. Cohen is former Secretary of Defense. In 2001, Secretary Cohen ended a 28-year career in government service and entered the private sector as Chairman and CEO of The Cohen Group, an international strategic consulting company. In addition to his work at The Cohen Group, Secretary Cohen remains an active public voice on issues of foreign affairs, business, and defense. Janet Langhart Cohen is an Emmy-nominated journalist, author, playwright, and communications specialist. She has published her memoirs, From Rage to Reason, coauthored Love in Black and White with her husband, and most recently received acclaim for her groundbreaking one-act play on institutional racism, Anne and Emmett.