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02521aam a2200361 i 4500 001 6A16F90EDD9B11E899AE6C0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181101010019 008 161226t20172017pau b 000 0 eng c 020 $a 9781599475189 020 $a 1599475189 035 $a (OCoLC)966871654 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UOK $d NKM $d CLE $d IQU $d OCLCF $d OCO $d IGA $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E185.61 $b .R568 2017 082 04 $a 305.896073 $2 23 100 1 $a Riley, Jason $q (Jason L.), $e author. 245 10 $a False black power? / $c Jason L. Riley. 264 1 $a West Conshohocken, PA : $b Templeton Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 122 pages ; $c 18 cm 490 1 $a New threats to freedom series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references 520 $a "Black civil rights leaders have long supported ethnic identity politics and prioritized the integration of political institutions, and seldom has that strategy been questioned. In False Black Power?, Jason L. Riley takes an honest, factual look at why increased black political power has not paid off in the ways that civil rights leadership has promised. Recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of black elected officials, culminating in the historic presidency of Barack Obama. However, racial gaps in employment, income, homeownership, academic achievement, and other measures not only continue but in some cases have even widened. While other racial and ethnic groups in America have made economic advancement a priority, the focus on political capital for blacks has been a disadvantage, blocking them from the fiscal capital that helped power upward mobility among other groups. Riley explains why the political strategy of civil rights leaders has left so many blacks behind. The key to black economic advancement today is overcoming cultural handicaps, not attaining more political power. The book closes with thoughtful responses from key thought leaders Glenn Loury and John McWhorter."--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations $y 21st century. 650 0 $a African American politicians $z United States $y 21st century. 650 0 $a African American political activists $z United States $y 21st century. 830 0 $a New threats to freedom series. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210519010756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6A16F90EDD9B11E899AE6C0297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search