Awakening to Race: Individualism and Social Consciousness in America

by Jack Turner

Book Overview

The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. Often this argument is made in the name of the long tradition of self-reliance and American individualism. In Awakening to Race, Jack Turner upends this view, arguing that it expresses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226817121
• ISBN13: 9780226817125
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"