William J Barber: White Poverty
White Poverty
Buch
- How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
- Liveright Publishing Corporation, 06/2024
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781324094876
- Bestellnummer: 11793539
- Umfang: 288 Seiten
- Gewicht: 399 g
- Maße: 218 x 150 mm
- Stärke: 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.6.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
When most Americans think of poverty, they imagine Black faces. As a teenager, Reverend William J Barber II recalls seeing Black mothers interviewed on television whenever there was a story on food stamps or unemployment; poverty, then as now, was depicted as an essentially Black problem. In a work that promises to have lasting repercussions, Barber-now a leading advocate for the rights of America's poor and the "closest person we have to Dr King" (Cornel West)-addresses white poverty as a hugely neglected subject that might just be the key to mitigating racism and bringing together the tens of millions working-class and impoverished whites with low-income Blacks. Recognising that angry social media posts have replaced food, education and housing as a "salve" for the white poor, Barber contends that the millions of America's lowest-income earners have much in common, and together with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, provides one of the most sympathetic and visionary approaches to endemic poverty in decades. William J Barber
White Poverty
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