{"product_id":"toward-freedom-the-case-against-race-reductionism-paperback","title":"Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToure Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most brilliant historian of the black freedom movement\" reveals how simplistic views of racism and white supremacy fail to address racial inequality--and offers a roadmap for a more progressive, brighter future (Cornel West, author of \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fate of poor and working-class African Americans--who are unquestionably represented among neoliberalism's victims--is inextricably linked to that of other poor and working-class Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, Reed contends that the road to a more just society for African Americans and everyone else is obstructed, in part, by a discourse that equates entrepreneurialism with freedom and independence. This, ultimately, insists on divorcing race and class. In the age of runaway inequality and Black Lives Matter, there is an emerging consensus that our society has failed to redress racial disparities. The culprit, however, is not the sway of a metaphysical racism or the modern survival of a primordial tribalism. Instead, it can be traced to far more comprehensible forces, such as the contradictions in access to New Deal era welfare programs, the blinders imposed by the Cold War, and Ronald Reagan's neoliberal assault on the half-century long Keynesian consensus.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToure F. Reed\u003c\/b\u003e teaches twentieth-century US and Afro-American history at Illinois State University, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eNot Alms But Opportunity: The Urban League and the Politics of Racial Uplift, 1910-1950\u003c\/i\u003e (UNC Press, 2008). He is a fourth generation African American educator and a third generation professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770120732960,"sku":"9781786634382","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3aa6a62c7712e5bf4c1d8b52bf60da29.webp?v=1780364897","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/toward-freedom-the-case-against-race-reductionism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}