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Drawing on the experiences of South Africa and Latin America, the acclaimed author of 'The Rage of a Privileged Class' illustrates why it has been impossible for the United States to move directly from race relations hell to utopia without passing through a purgatory where most most legal barriers have dropped away, but racial misunderstanding and deeply ingrained prejudices persist.Main Description
Is a truly race-netrual society possible? Can the United States wipe the slate clean and surmount the racism of its past? Or is color blindness just another name for denial? In this penetrating and provocative book, Ellis Cose probes the depths of the American mind and exposes the contradictions, fears, hopes and illusions embedded in our complicated perceptions of race. Looking beyond the platitudes and pronouncements that tend to distort reality rather than illuminate it, Cose offers a visionary analysis of the steps we must take if we are serious about finding a true resolution to the thorny problem of race in America.
Ellis Cose is a columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek. He began his journalism career at nineteen as a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. He lives in New York City.