TY - BOOK N2 - A professor of linguistics paints a controversial portrait of defeatism and pessimism in black America that threatens to hold young African Americans back. AB - A professor of linguistics paints a controversial portrait of defeatism and pessimism in black America that threatens to hold young African Americans back. T1 - Losing the race :self-sabotage in Black America / DA - 2001. CY - New York : AU - McWhorter, John H. ET - 1st Perennial ed. CN - E185.625 CN - E185.625 PB - Perennial, PP - New York : PY - 2001. N1 - Originally published: New York : The Free Press, 2000. ID - 427578 KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - Success KW - Self-defeating behavior. SN - 0060935936 (pbk.) SN - 9780060935931 (pbk.) TI - Losing the race :self-sabotage in Black America / ER -