{"product_id":"winning-the-race-paperback-by-john-mcwhorter","title":"Winning the Race Paperback by John McWhorter","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAvery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-12-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e448\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781592402700\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e369.12\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.44 x 3.05\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his first major book on the state of black America since the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eLosing the Race\u003c\/i\u003e, John McWhorter argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWinning the Race\u003c\/i\u003e examines the roots of the serious problems facing black Americans today—poverty, drugs, and high incarceration rates—and contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can explain the decline of black communities since the end of segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the segregation era. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on welfare to gansta rap’s glorification of irresponsibility and violence as a means of “protest.” He discusses particularly specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of black leaders and the “hip-hop academics,” and laments that a successful black person must be faced with charges of “acting white.” While acknowledging that racism still exists in America today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the steps necessary for improving the future of black America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJohn McWhorter is the author of the bestseller \u003cb\u003eLosing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language\u003c\/b\u003e, and four other books. He is associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor to \u003cb\u003eThe City Journal\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/b\u003e. He has been profiled in the \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e, and has appeared on \u003cb\u003eDateline NBC\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePolitically Incorrect\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555931771041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781592402700","price":46.54,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781592402700.jpg?v=1781801236","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/winning-the-race-paperback-by-john-mcwhorter","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}