Race, Democracy, and America's Future
Can American Democracy Survive Its Present Challenges?
America is again confronting fundamental questions about who belongs, whose rights will be protected, and whether its democratic institutions are strong enough to withstand the forces dividing the nation. Race has been at the center of those questions from the beginning.
Race is the lens. History is the methodology. Democracy is the subject.
In Race, Democracy, and America's Future, Dr. Ronald J. Sheehy examines the long and complicated relationship between race and American democracy, from slavery and Jim Crow to the racial, economic, cultural, and political conflicts shaping the country today. His central argument is both historical and urgent: the struggle of African Americans for freedom and equality has not existed apart from the development of American democracy. It has been one of the forces that shaped and strengthened it.
Organized around Memory, Hierarchy, Culture, and the American Future, the book brings history into conversation with contemporary America. Its essays explore how the racial past continues to influence wealth, education, housing, culture, political power, national identity, and the strength of democratic institutions. Each essay stands on its own, allowing readers to enter the book through subjects of particular interest, while together they form an integrated examination of where America has been, where it stands, and the choices that lie ahead.
Written for a broad readership, including students, educators, scholars, civic leaders, community organizations, and book clubs, Race, Democracy, and America's Future asks readers of different backgrounds and perspectives to consider a consequential proposition: America cannot fully understand the condition of its democracy without confronting the history and continuing significance of race.
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