What's Going On Paperback - 1998
by Nathan McCall
"Washington Post" columnist Nathan McCall delivers a series of front-line reports on the state of the races in today's America.
First line
While riding through a wooded park in Arlington, Virginia-where the bike trails are longer and more scenic than those in my neighborhood-I came across a group of white boys shooting hoops on a crowded court.
From the jacket flap
Current Affairs / African American Studies
"Filled with essays that challenge America's myths.... His easy reading style unsuspectingly pricks the conscience." --USA Today
ith the same personal authority and exhilarating directness he brought to his account of his passage from a prison cell to the newsroom of The Washington Post, Nathan McCall delivers a series of front-line reports on the state of the races in today's America. The resulting volume is guaranteed to shake the assumptions of readers of every pigmentation and political allegiance.
In What's Going On, McCall adds up the hidden costs of the stereotype of black athletic prowess, which tells African American teenagers that they can only succeed on the white man's terms. He introduces a fresh perspective to the debates on gangsta rap and sexual violence. He indicts the bigotry of white churches and the complacency of the black suburban middle class, celebrates the heroism of Muhammad Ali, and defends the truth-telling of Alice Walker. Engaging, provocative, and utterly fearless, here is a commentator to reckon with, addressing our most persistent divisions in a voice of stinging immediacy.
"[These essays] reinforce the moral authority McCall [brings]
to the issue of America's racial schisms."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Straightforward, quick-moving [and] erudite."
--Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Title What's Going On
- Author Nathan McCall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-12-29
- ISBN 9780375701504 / 0375701508
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.2 x 0.59 in (20.27 x 13.21 x 1.50 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Racism - Political aspects - United States, United States - Race relations - Political
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97018520
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.800
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Citations
- New York Times, 02/21/1999, Page 32
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