Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

A provocative, and timely, solution for ridding America of the traces of Jim Crow policies to create a truly post-racial landscape
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When America inaugurated its first African American president, in 2009, many wondered if the country had finally become a "post-racial" society. Was this the dawning of a new era, in which America, a nation nearly severed in half by slavery, and whose racial fault lines are arguably among its most enduring traits, would at last move beyond race with the election of Barack Hussein Obama?

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In Ghosts of Jim Crow, F. Michael Higginbotham convincingly argues that America remains far away from that imagined utopia. Indeed, the shadows of Jim Crow era laws and attitudes continue to perpetuate insidious, systemic prejudice and racism in the 21st century. Higginbothamâ€™s extensive research demonstrates how laws and actions have been used to maintain a racial paradigm of hierarchy and separationâ€”both historically, in the era of lynch mobs and segregation, and todayâ€”legally, economically, educationally and socially.

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Using history as a roadmap, Higginbotham arrives at a provocative solution for ridding the nation of Jim Crowâ€™s ghost, suggesting that legal and political reform can successfully create a post-racial America, but only if it inspires whites and blacks to significantly alter behaviors and attitudes of race-based superiority and victimization. He argues that America will never achieve its full potential unless it truly enters a post-racial era, and believes that time is of the essence as competition increases globally.

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Country USA
Brand NYU Press
Manufacturer NYU Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-05-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781479845019

Country	USA
Brand	NYU Press
Manufacturer	NYU Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-05-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781479845019

Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

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