Monique W. Morris

Black Stats (eBook, ePUB)

African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-first Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An essential handbook of eye-opening-and frequently myth-busting-facts and figures about the real lives of Black Americans today

There's no defeating white supremacist myths without data-real data. Black Stats is a compact and useful guide that offers up-to-date figures on Black life in the United States today, avoiding jargon and assumptions and providing critical analyses and information.

Monique W. Morris, author of the acclaimed Pushout, has compiled statistics from a broad spectrum of telling categories that illustrate the quality of life and the possibility of (and barriers to) advancement for a group at the heart of American society. With fascinating information on everything from disease trends, incarceration rates, and lending practices to voting habits, green jobs, and educational achievement, the material in this book will enrich and inform a range of public debates while challenging commonly held yet often misguided perceptions.

Black Stats simultaneously highlights measures of incredible progress, conveys the disparate impacts of social policies and practices, and surprises with revelations that span subjects including the entertainment industry, military service, and marriage trends. An essential tool for advocates, educators, and anyone seeking racial justice, Black Stats is¿an affordable guidebook for anyone seeking to understand the complex state of our¿nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The New Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781595589262
• Artikelnr.: 49968848

Autorenporträt

Monique W. Morris, president/CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color and co-founder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, is the author of several books, including Pushout; Black Stats; Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues; and Charisma's Turn (all from The New Press). Her work has been featured by NPR, the New York Times, MSNBC, Essence, The Atlantic, TED, the Washington Post, Education Week, and others. She lives in New York.