{"product_id":"the-coming-race-war-and-other-apocalyptic-tales-of-america-after-affirmative-action-and-welfare-9780814718773","title":"The Coming Race War: And Other Apocalyptic Tales of America After Affirmative Action and Welfare","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Julius Lester praised Richard Delgado's \u003cb\u003eThe Rodrigo Chronicles: Conversations about America and Race\u003c\/b\u003e as free of cant and ideology. . . . an excellent starting place for the national discussion about race we so desperately need. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has hailed Delgado as a pioneer in the study of race and law, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e has compared his storytelling style to Plato's Dialogues.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eThe Coming Race War?\u003c\/b\u003e, Delgado turns his attention to the American racial landscape in the wake of the mid-term elections in 1994. Our political and racial topography has been radically altered. Affirmative action is being rolled back, immigrants continue to be targeted as the source of economic woes, and race is increasingly downplayed as a source of the nation's problems. Legal obstacles to racial equality have long been removed, we are told, so what's the problem?\u003cbr\u003e And yet, the plight of the urban poor grows worse. The number of young black men in prison continues to exceed those in college. Informal racial privilege remains entrenched and systemic. Where, asks Delgado in this new volume, will this lead? Enlisting his fictional counterpart, Rodrigo Crenshaw, to untangle the complexities of America's racial future, Delgado explores merit and affirmative action; the nature of empathy and, more commonly, false empathy; and the limitations of legal change. Warning of the dangers of depriving the underprivileged of all hope and opportunity, Delgado gives us a dark future in which an indignant white America casts aside, once and for all, the spirit of the civil rights movement, with disastrous results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Delgado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.38w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814718773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1996 pg. 1646\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/04\/1996 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Delgado\u003c\/b\u003e is John J. Sparkman Chair of Law at the University of Alabama and one of the founders of critical race theory. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Latino\/a Condition: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Jean Stefancic) and \u003ci\u003eThe Rodrigo Chronicles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43150674657395,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":56.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_64be1366-505b-45ff-bc36-cf649dc82278.jpg?v=1750769429","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-coming-race-war-and-other-apocalyptic-tales-of-america-after-affirmative-action-and-welfare-9780814718773","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}