Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Steinberg Stephen
Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Steinberg Stephen In Black Reconstruction W.E.B. His words echo across the decades as the civil rights revolution,…
Specifikacia Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Steinberg Stephen
Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Steinberg Stephen
In Black Reconstruction W.E.B. His words echo across the decades as the civil rights revolution, marked by the passage of landmark civil rights laws in the '60s, has seen those gains steadily and systematically whittled away. Du Bois wrote, The slave went free; stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.
In this book Steinberg provides an analysis of this backlash, tracing the reverse flow of history that has led to the current national reckoning on race.Steinberg puts counterrevolution into historical and theoretical perspective, exploring the victim-blaming and colorblind discourses that emerged in the post-segregation era and undermined progress toward racial equality, and led to the gutting of affirmative action. As history testifies, revolution nearly always triggers its antithesis: counterrevolution. This book reflects Steinberg's