The Trouble With Friendship: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Race Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Trouble With Friendship: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Race Book

In this lively book, a well-known social critic draws on evidence from movies, TV, literature, and advertising to argue that many Americans have been lulled by the media into believing that racial problems can be substantially mitigated, even vanquished, by blacks and whites working together, one on one, to reconcile their differences. Benjamin DeMott believes that this position of "friendship orthodoxy" oversimplifies the causes of racism and allows us to ignore the harsh socioeconomic realities faced by many blacks in this country.Read More

from£16.00 | RRP: £15.00
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £9.47
  • 0300073941
  • 9780300073942
  • B Demott
  • 21 August 1998
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.