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<p><p>berkeley Linguistics Professor John Mcwhorter, Born At The Dawn Of The Post-civil Rights Era, Spent Years Trying To Make Sense Of This Question. Now He Dares To Say The Unsayable&#58; Racism's Ugliest Legacy Is The Disease Of Defeatism That Has Infected Black America. <i>losing The Race</i> Explores The Three Main Components Of This Cultural Virus&#58; The Cults Of Victimology, Separatism, And Antiintellectualism That Are Making Blacks Their Own Worst Enemies In The Struggle For Success.<p>more Angry Than Stephen Carter, More Pragmatic And Compassionate Than Shelby Steele, More Forward-looking Than Stanley Crouch, Mcwhorter Represents An Original And Provocative Point Of View. With <i>losing The Race,</i> A Bold New Voice Rises Among Black Intellectuals.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>are African-americans Using Past Racial Injustices As An Excuse For Not Working To Take Advantage Of Contemporary Opportunities? Mcwhorter, A Linguistics Professor At The University Of California, Berkeley, Thinks He Has The Answers To This Question And Others--and He Points The Finger Directly At The Black Community. Starting With The Premise That White Racism Is No Longer The Threat It Once W

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Author

John H. McWhorter; [with a new afterword by the author]

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060935931

Category

education

Subjects

Fiction, Sociology, History

Rating

3.85 / 5 (360 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14