Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis: A Living Black Chicago History

by Paul Street

Book Overview

Anti-black racism is a stark presence in Chicago, a fact illustrated by significant racial inequality in and around contemporary "global" city. Drawing his work as a civil rights advocate and investigator in Chicago, Street explains this neo-liberal apartheid and its resulting disparity in terms of persistently and deeply racist societal and institutional practices and policies. Racial Oppression in the Black Metropolis uses the highly relevant historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742540820
• ISBN13: 9780742540828
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"