Black Anxiety, White Guilt, and the Politics of Status Frustration

by T. Alexander Smith, Lenahan O'Connell, Alexander Smith

In this wide-ranging survey of contemporary race relations in the United States, Smith and O'Connell provide a thorough re-examination of our situation. They begin by assessing the part played by status struggles and anxieties in intergroup relations. For the black middle classes, they assert, the benefits of social-economic advancement and rising expectations combine with status frustration and anxiety to create a sense of estrangement from whites...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275960544
• ISBN13: 9780275960544
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"