Challenging widely held beliefs, this provocative book offers
nothing less than a blueprint for enhancing the social and economic
status of African American families. Despite the implementation of
liberal social policies in the 1960s and '70s, successive U.S.
administrations continue to dash the hopes and expectations of
African Americans, who remain subject to racism and discrimination.
Arguing that social policies--and their absence--have affected the
stability of the African American family, Jewell refutes the myth
of significant progress for African American families emanating
from the civil rights era, exposing the myriad reasons why greater
advancement toward equality has not occurred in major societal
institutions. Attention is focused on the extent to which African
American families have been adversely affected by a process of
assimilation that was socio-psychological rather than economic.
This new edition builds upon the first edition, and is revised and
expanded to reflect new and persistent institutional policies and
practices of race, gender and class inequality facing African
American families. The revised edition explores such issues as
racial profiling, capital punishment, police brutality, predatory
lending, No Child Left Behind, welfare reform, affirmative action
and racial disparities in healthcare, academic achievement and home
ownership. Jewell proposes a variety of strategies and policies
that are needed to ensure greater social and economic equality and
justice for African American families.
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