Blacks in the White Elite: Will the Progress Continue? - Softcover

Zweigenhaft, Richard L.; Domhoff, William G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742516210 ISBN 13: 9780742516212

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

This extensively revised edition of Blacks in the White Establishment? adds fifteen years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity program that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of color to attend the same elite boarding schools that educate the children of wealthy white Americans. Beyond tracing the individuals into middle age, and expanding coverage of their careers, with special attention to experiences in the corporate world, a new chapter on their children's education and early careers gives the new edition a poignant and unusual intergenerational perspective. Blacks in the White Elite shows why America is at a crucial juncture in relations between blacks and whites, when advances made since the Civil Rights Movement could either continue or retrench, depending on the decisions made by our governments, communities, and schools. The voices of African Americans heard in this book bring home for the reader the everyday impact of national policy issues and debates on race and class in America.

About this title

About the Author

Richard L. Zweigenhaft, Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, is co-author with William Domhoff of Diversity in the Power Elite. G. William Domhoff is research professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and author of Who Rules America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742516210
• ISBN 13: 9780742516212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224