J. G. Conti, Stan Faryna, Brad Stetson

Black and Right (eBook, PDF)

The Bold New Voice of Black Conservatives in America

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Produktbeschreibung

Black conservatism is no oxymoron. Recent polls have indicated that an increasing number of black Americans identified themselves as conservatives, favoring smaller government, lower taxes, tougher crime laws, welfare reform, and personal initiative. While applauding the moral and legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement, the conservative spokespeople in this dynamic new collection reject the claims of inequities and what they consider to be the self-serving agenda of the present civil rights establishment. National leaders such as Justice Clarence Thomas and former Representative Gary Franks and writers such as Shelby Steele and Glenn Loury appear either as contributors or as subjects in this volume. They emphasize the grassroots aspects of black conservatism with a reliance on common sense and common humanity.

The strength of the black conservative voice lies in the growth of its numbers and social influence. As more African-Americans shift to the right and embrace conservative ideology, they are signalling what may be one of the most politically significant trends in American public life as the 20th century draws to a close. This provocative collection of essays shatters the myth that black Americans are uniformly left of center and that conservatism is an ideology with a white face. Unique in its personal and political portrait of black conservatives in America, this book shows the remarkable diversity of ideas from one of the most talked-about political movements to emerge in recent years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313023507
• Artikelnr.: 68528348

Autorenporträt

STAN FARYNA is Director of Research of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, a Chicago-based think tank, and a research associate of The David Institute, a social research group in California.

BRAD STETSON is Director of Studies at The David Institute and lecturer in Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is author of Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief (Praeger, 1993), Human Dignity and Contemporary Liberalism (forthcoming from Praeger), coauthor (with Joseph G. Conti) of Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment (Praeger, 1993), and editor of The Silent Subject (Praeger, 1996).

JOSEPH G. CONTI is a Research Associate at The David Institute and a Lecturer in philosophy at Kansas Community College. He is coauthor (with Brad Stetson) of Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment (Praeger, 1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Perspectives on Personal Experience No Room at the
Inn: The Loneliness of the Black Conservative by Clarence Thomas Notes of a
Non-Native Son: The Third Vision by Robert A. George You Look Like A
Democrat by Kathleen M. Bravo Young, Black, and Republican by Stuart De
Veaux What "Black Conservative" Means to Me by Lee Walker Perspectives on
Politics Two Visions of Black Leadership by Brian W. Jones Black
Convervatives: The Undercounted by Willie and Gwen Richardson No Need for a
Government Handout by Telly Lovelace Educational Devlopment in the Black
Community by Mazhar Ali Awan The Prescription of Black Conservatives by
Gary Franks Perspectives on Racism Are You Really a Racist? A Commonsense
Quiz by Joseph G. Conti and Brad Stetson My Experience with the California
Civil Rights Initiative by Errol Smith Race Confab: An Exercise in Futility
by Jesse Peterson Racial Rage: The Response to Jesse Peterson by Marivic
Francis Are America's Juries Race-Obsessed? by Deroy Murdock Perspectives
on Morals The Moral Vacuum in Black American Must Be Filled by Joseph Brown
The Black Family and Parental Licensure by Diann Ellen Cameron A Setback is
a Setup for a Comeback by Steven Craft Family Values vs. Homosexual Rights:
Tradition Collides with an Elite Social Tide by Joseph E. Broadus A Black
Conservative Looks at Abortion by Peter Kirsanow Is This the Work of God?
Reflections on the Black Church by Jesse Peterson Black Diamonds:
Discovering the Lessons of Freedom in Black Conservative Thought by Stan
Faryna Perspectives on America A Conversation with Shelby Steele by Joseph
G. Conti and Brad Stetson An Interview with Ezola Foster by Joseph G. Conti
"The Sage of South-Central": An Interview with Larry Elder by Brad Stetson
Appendix: Media and Organizational Resources for the Study of Black
Conservatism Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index