An American dilemma revisited : race relations in a changing world

Clayton, Obie, 1954- (Added Author).

Summary: "Fifty years after the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's epochal study of racism and black disadvantage, An American Dilemma Revisited confronts the pivotal issue of race in American society and explores how the status of African Americans has changed over the past half century. Using Myrdal as a benchmark, the contributors analyze historical developments, examine current conditions, and investigate strategies for positive change within the core arenas of modern societypolitical, economic, educational, and judicial." "The central question posed by this volume is whether the presence of a disproportionately African American "underclass" has become a permanent phenomenon. Several contributors tie the unevenness of black economic mobility to educational limitations, social isolation, and changing workplace demands. The evolution of a more suburban, service-dominated economy that favors advanced academic training has severely constrained the employment prospects of many urban African Americans with limited education. An American Dilemma Revisited argues that there is hope to be found in black educational institutions, black community enterprises, and the social activism of African Americans at the local level."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780871541574
ISBN: 9780871541567
ISBN: 0871541572
ISBN: 0871541564
ISBN: 9781610441247
ISBN: 1610441249
Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 pages)
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Publisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1996]
Copyright: �1996

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	An American dilemma revisited / Stephen Graubard -- The political situation and power prospects of African Americans in Gunnar Myrdal's era and today / Robert A. Dentler -- Black-White residential segregation : the views of Myrdal in the 1940s and trends of the 1980s / Reynolds Farley -- Shifting challenges : fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality / Ronald F. Ferguson -- The undesirables, America's underclass in the managerial age : beyond the Myrdal theory of racial inequality / William Darity, Jr. -- Myrdal revisited : the Negro in business, the professions, public service, and other white collar occupations / John Sibley Butler -- The miseducation of Black America : Black education since An American dilemma / Walter R. Allen and Joseph O. Jewell -- The church and social change : accommodation, moderation, or protest / Obie Clayton, Jr. -- Justice for all : still an American dilemma / Susan Welch [and others] -- "A strange atmosphere of consistent illegality" : Myrdal on "The police and other public contacts" / Samuel Walker -- Courts, sentences, and prisons / Cassia C. Spohn -- The dynamic racial composition of the United States / Antonio McDaniel -- Gender and social inequality : the prevailing significance of race / Doris Wilkinson.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.