In his first major book on the state of black America since the
"New York Times" bestseller "Losing the Race," John McWhorter
argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is
the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community.
"Winning the Race" examines the roots of the serious problems
facing black Americans todayapoverty, drugs, and high incarceration
ratesaand contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can
explain the decline of black communities since the end of
segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of
victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil
rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even
though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the
segregation era.
McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception
of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on
welfare to gansta rapas glorification of irresponsibility and
violence as a means of aprotest.a He discusses particularly
specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of
black leaders and the ahip-hop academics, a and laments that a
successful black person must be faced with charges of aacting
white.a While acknowledging that racism still exists in America
today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past
blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the
steps necessary for improving the future of black America.
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