Limited separation, the approach Brooks proposes, shifts the focus of civil rights policy from the group to the individual. Defined as cultural and economic integration within African-American society, this policy would promote separate schooling, housing, and business enterprises where needed to bolster the self-sufficiency of the community, without trammeling the racial interests of individuals inside or outside of the group, and without endangering the idea of a shared Americanness. But all the while Brooks envisions African-American public schools, businesses, and communities redesigned to serve the enlightened self-interest of the individual. Unwilling to give up entirely on racial integration, he argues that limited separation may indeed lead to improved race relations and, ultimately, to healthy integration.
This book appears at a crucial time, as Republicans dismantle past civil rights policies and Democrats search for new ones. With its alternative strategy and useful policy ideas for bringing individual African-Americans into mainstream society as first-classcitizens, "Integration or Separation?" should influence debate and policymaking across the spectra of race, class, and political persuasion.
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Limited separation, the approach Brooks proposes, shifts the focus of civil rights policy from the group to the individual. Defined as cultural and economic integration within African-American society, this policy would promote separate schooling, housing, and business enterprises where needed to bolster the self-sufficiency of the community, without trammeling the racial interests of individuals inside or outside of the group, and without endangering the idea of a shared Americanness. But all the while Brooks envisions African-American public schools, businesses, and communities redesigned to serve the enlightened self-interest of the individual. Unwilling to give up entirely on racial integration, he argues that limited separation may indeed lead to improved race relations and, ultimately, to healthy integration.
This book appears at a crucial time, as Republicans dismantle past civil rights policies and Democrats search for new ones. With its alternative strategy and useful policy ideas for bringing individual African-Americans into mainstream society as first-classcitizens, "Integration or Separation?" should influence debate and policymaking across the spectra of race, class, and political persuasion.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 1999 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | September 1999 |
Authors | Roy L Brooks |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 360 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-45645-7 |
Barcode | 9780674456457 |
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LSN | 0-674-45645-9 |