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000427578 05000 $$aE185.625$$b.M38 2001
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000427578 1001_ $$aMcWhorter, John H.
000427578 24510 $$aLosing the race :$$bself-sabotage in Black America /$$cJohn H. McWhorter ; [with a new afterword by the author].
000427578 250__ $$a1st Perennial ed.
000427578 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPerennial,$$c2001.
000427578 300__ $$axv, 299 p. ;$$c21 cm.
000427578 500__ $$aOriginally published: New York : The Free Press, 2000.
000427578 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-283) and index.
000427578 5050_ $$aCult of victimology -- Cult of separatism -- Cult of anti-intellectualism -- Roots of the cult of anti-intellectualism -- African-American self-sabotage in action: Affirmative-action debate -- African-American self-sabotage in action: Ebonics controversy -- How can we save the African-American race? -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
000427578 520__ $$aA professor of linguistics paints a controversial portrait of defeatism and pessimism in black America that threatens to hold young African Americans back.
000427578 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xPsychology.
000427578 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xSocial conditions$$y1975-
000427578 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xEducation.
000427578 650_0 $$aSuccess$$xPsychological aspects.
000427578 650_0 $$aSelf-defeating behavior.
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