The Black Progress Question Explaining the African American Predicament [Paperback]

The recent Los Angeles race riots exposed the depth and persistence of the race problem in the United States and symbolized the despair and hopelessness felt in North America's cities. The key question remains: Are African-Americans making any progress towards integration into mainstream society?

The Black Progress Question examines the popular responses to this issue and finds them insufficient. For too long, the analysis of black progress has been met with an unwarrented optimism. Stephen Burman presents an alternative approach, sobering in its realism, which will dispel beliefs that a solution to this problem is close at hand.The recent Los Angeles race riots exposed the depth and persistence of the race problem in the United States and symbolized the despair and hopelessness felt in North America's cities. The key question remains: Are African-Americans making any progress towards integration into mainstream society?

The Black Progress Question examines the popular responses to this issue and finds them insufficient. For too long, the analysis of black progress has been met with an unwarrented optimism. Stephen Burman presents an alternative approach, sobering in its realism, which will dispel beliefs that a solution to this problem is close at hand.Introduction
The Inevitability of Antimony
These Things Take Time
The Liberal Tradition and Black Progress
American Right or Wrong
The Neoconservative Response
Everything and Nothing
Marxism, Capitalism and Black Progress
Been Down So Long
Race, Culture and Black Nationalism
Power and Pluralism
Black Progress and the Politics of Race
The Illusion of Progress? Race and Politics in Atlanta, Georgia
Conclusion
Progress or Impasse? The Cls8