Getting It Wrong

Getting It Wrong
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9780595385942
ISBN-13 : 059538594X
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Book Synopsis Getting It Wrong by : Algernon Austin

Download or read book Getting It Wrong written by Algernon Austin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black public intellectuals, from liberal to conservative, are all talking about how black America is degenerating culturally. But there is little concrete evidence for this conclusion. In most areas of life, black Americans have made significant positive progress since the Civil Rights era. Blacks are still economically worse off than whites, but black poverty has declined and the black middle class has grown since the 1960s. More blacks graduate from college today than ever before. Black communities are much safer now than during the peak crack epidemic years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The blackteenage pregnancy rate has fallen dramatically since the 1960s. All of these facts contradict the assertions of black cultural decline. While negative images of blacks abound in American popular culture, there is no evidence that these images accurately represent most real black Americans. In Getting It Wrong, sociologist Algernon Austin carefully examines the data on black Americans and separates myth from fact.


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