{"product_id":"rebirth-of-a-nation-reparations-and-remaking-america-hardcover","title":"Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Edward Goza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Barber\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Edward Goza dismantles the deep-seated myths that perpetuate white supremacy--and makes the case that reparations are necessary to heal America's racial wounds and live up to our democratic ideals. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like many well-intentioned white people, Goza once believed that he could support Black America's struggle for equality without supporting reparations. Reparations, he thought, were altogether irrelevant to the real work of racial justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a book about why he was wrong. In fact, any effort to heal our nation's wounds will fail without reparations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRebirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, Goza exposes lesser-known aspects of racism in American history and how Black people have consistently been depicted as responsible for their own oppression to justify slavery, Jim Crow, mass incarceration and gross inequality. Goza's iconoclastic and incisive account exposes how revered figures like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln embedded white supremacy deep into our nation's consciousness--and how Ronald Reagan manipulated this ideology so that society cheered as he advanced a set of policies that wounded our nation and intensified Black America's suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But \u003ci\u003eRebirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is not merely about accountability. It is also about hope. A reparations process is not a utopian dream; Goza offers a practical path toward closing the racial wealth gap.\u003ci\u003e Rebirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e shows readers how they can join the reparative process, working toward the creation of a more perfect union.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Edward Goza \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, speaker, and community advocate who serves as a professor of ethics and the director of academic partnerships at the HBCU Simmons College of Kentucky. Before focusing on writing and teaching, Joel worked in urban redevelopment and community activism for over a decade in Houston's Fifth Ward. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributes to \u003ci\u003eThe Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReligion News Service\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774136287520,"sku":"9780802884312","price":37.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8b5715c75f158719b09f778532ad97d.webp?v=1780441502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rebirth-of-a-nation-reparations-and-remaking-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}