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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782626803321

Autore

Waller James <1961->

Titolo

Prejudice across America [[electronic resource] /] / James Waller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2000

ISBN

1-4175-0715-2

1-283-21037-1

9786613210371

1-60473-030-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Prejudices - United States

Racism - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1. The Preparations; 2. Los Angeles: Taiko Drums, Blues, and the Banana Bungalow; 3. San Francisco: The Goodness of Uncle Guy; 4. Chicago: Arvis Tells It Like It Is; 5. Memphis: A Grief Observed; 6. New Orleans: An Interlude; 7. Birmingham: ''Bombingham'' Revisited; 8. Atlanta: ''Don't Tell Me It's on Peachtree, Again. ''; 9. Washington, D.C.: The Beginning of a Countryand the End of Our Line

Sommario/riassunto

The experiences of a teacher and his white students on a nationwide trek toward racial understanding. In 1998 James Waller took twenty-one white college students from Washington state on a month-long journey. Prejudice Across America is the record of their interaction with the American Indian, Asian American, African American, Hispanic, and Jewish experiences nationwide. Few books have so directly and humanly captured the moment when whites confront the realities of those living as a minority in America. Waller reports here on this innovative and award-winning trek. In Los Angeles, San Francis