Jacksonville Public Library

Lure and loathing, essays on race, identity, and the ambivalence of assimilation, edited and with an introduction by Gerald Early

eng

no index present

non fiction

Lure and loathing

27664755

edited and with an introduction by Gerald Early

essays on race, identity, and the ambivalence of assimilation

Introduction / Gerald Early -- Free at last? A personal perspective on race and identity in America / Glenn C. Loury -- Sushi and grits : ethnic identity and conflict in a newly multicultural America / Itabari Njeri -- The last great battle of the west : W.E.B. Du Bois and the struggle for African America's soul / Alton B. Pollard III -- The black table, the empty seat, and the tie / Stephen L. Carter -- Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? / Stanley Crouch -- Confessions of a Wannabe Negro / Reginald McKnight -- Black is the noun / Nikki Giovanni -- Racism, consciousness, and Afrocentricity / Molefi Kete Asante -- The welcome table / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Off-timing : stepping to the different drummer / Kristin Hunter Lattany -- Junior and John Doe / James McPherson -- The Du Boisian dubiety and the American dilemma : two levels of lure and loathing / C. Eric Lincoln -- Primal orb density / Wanda Coleman -- The illusion of racial equality : the Black American dilemma / Robert Staples -- Patriots / Anthony Walton -- Du Bois's dilemma and African American adaptiveness / Ella Pearson Mitchell -- Ambivalent maybe / Wilson J. Moses -- Deep sight and rescue missions / Toni Cade Bambara -- Race, science, and identity / Kenneth R. Manning -- "In the kingdom of culture" : Black women and the intersection of race, gender, and class / Darlene Clark Hine