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The Education Of Booker T. Washington

American Democracy And The Idea Of Race Relations

de Michael West
idioma: inglês
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, novembro de 2008 ‧
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In this major reconsideration of Booker T. Washington's life and thought, Michael Rudolph West explores why Washington's ideas resonated so strongly in the post-Reconstruction era and considers their often negative influence on the ongoing struggle for equality in the United States. According to West, Washington's "race relations" offered a "solution" to the problem of racial oppression in a nation professing its belief in democracy. In practice, though, his theories lent support to the supposition that African Americans could prosper under Jim Crow without the normal levers by which other Americans pursued their interests. West contends that Washington did not seek to end the segregationist policies of southern states. Instead, he offered an ideology that would obscure the injustices of segregation and preserve some measure of racial peace. By embracing Washington's views, white Americans could then resolve the contradictions raised by segregation in a supposedly democratic society. This was (and is) Washington's legacy: a form of racial analysis, at once obvious and concealed, that continues to prohibit the realization of a truly democratic politics.

The Education Of Booker T. Washington

American Democracy And The Idea Of Race Relations

de Michael West

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ISBN: 9780231130493
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Data de Lançamento: novembro de 2008
Idioma: Inglês
Encadernação: Capa mole
Páginas: 296
Tipo de produto: Livro
Classificação Temática: Livros em Inglês > História > História da América
Livros em Inglês > Outros
EAN: 9780231130493