Crimes Against Humanity in the Land of the Free: Can a Truth and Reconciliation Process Heal Racial Conflict in America?
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798400633782
- Category
- Race discrimination
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Author
- Imani Michelle Scott
Description
"This vital book considers the compelling and addictive hold that racism has had on centuries of Americans, explores historical and contemporary norms complicit in the problem, and appeals to the U.S. government to improve race relations, rectify existent social imperfections, and guard against future race-based abuses. Presents the inescapable evidence of persistent social violence, inequalities, and injustices perpetrated against blacks within America's borders prior to and for centuries since the nation's founding Identifies the negative psycho-social consequences and harmful impact of "transgenerated trauma"based on the experiences of living in an overtly oppressive society for centurieson both the oppressed and the oppressor in America Emphasizes the necessity for all American citizens to share the responsibility for exposing historical truths, working through painful memories and realities, engaging in long-avoided dialogue, and implementing systems to assure a more just America for all its citizens." -- from Amazon.com.
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- 2014-08-20
- 323 pages
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- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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