The principles for a multiracial society D'Souza, Dinesh 1961- creator text nyu New York Free Press c1995 1995 monographic eng

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xi, 724 p. ; 25 cm. The End of Racism goes beyond familiar polemics to raise fundamental questions that no one else has asked: Is racial prejudice innate, or is it culturally acquired? Is it peculiar to the West, or is it found in all societies? What is the legacy of slavery, and what does America owe blacks as compensation for it? Did the civil rights movement succeed or fail in its attempt to overcome the legacy of segregation and racism? Is there such a thing as rational discrimination? Can persons of color be racist? Is racism really the most serious problem facing black Americans today, or is it a declining phenomenon? If racism had a beginning, shouldn't it be possible to envision its end? In a scrupulous and balanced study, D'Souza shows that racism is a distinctively Western phenomenon, arising at about the time of the first European encounters with non-Western peoples, and he chronicles the political, cultural, and intellectual history of racism as well as the twentieth-century liberal crusade against it. D'Souza proactively traces the limitations of the civil rights movement to its flawed assumptions about the nature of racism. He argues that the American obsession with race is fueled by a civil rights establishment that has a vested interest in perpetuating black dependency, and he concludes that the generation that marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. may be too committed to the paradigm of racial struggle to see the possibility of progress. Perhaps, D'Souza suggests, like the Hebrews who were forced to wander in the desert for 40 years, that generation may have to pass away before their descendants can enter the promised land of freedom and equality. In the meantime, however, many race activists are preaching despair and poisoning the minds of a younger generation which in fact displays far less racial consciousness and bigotry than any other in American history. The End of Racism summons profound historical, moral, and practical arguments against the civil rights orthodoxy which holds that "race matters" and that therefore we have no choice but to institutionalize race as the basis for identity and public policy. The white man's burden : the collapse of liberal hope -- Ignoble savages : the origins of racism -- An American dilemma : was slavery a racist institution? -- The invention of prejudice : the rise of liberal antiracism -- A dream deferred : who betrayed Martin Luther King, Jr.? -- The race merchants : how civil rights became a profession -- Is America a racist society? : the problem of rational discrimination -- Institutional racism and double standards : racial preferences and their consequences -- Is Eurocentrism a racist concept? : the search for an African Shakespeare -- Bigotry in black and white : can African Americans be racist? -- The content of our chromosomes : race and the IQ debate -- Uncle Tom's dilemma : pathologies of black culture -- The end of racism : a new vision for a multiracial society. Dinesh D'Souza. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Racism United States United States Race relations Cultural pluralism United States Racismo Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Relaciones raciales 002 E 185.615 D811e 1995 305.8/00973 D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961- New York : Free Press, c1995 (OCoLC)608128050 D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961- New York : Free Press, c1995 (OCoLC)624393675 0029081025 9780029081020 95018300 060907 20230404125805.0 3139