LEADER 04812nam 22006495 450 001 9910822256303321 005 20210108052358.0 010 $a1-282-87205-2 010 $a9786612872051 010 $a0-231-51144-2 024 7 $a10.7312/bake13964 035 $a(CKB)2550000000018589 035 $a(EBL)908337 035 $a(OCoLC)826476407 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390466 035 $a(PQKB)10136188 035 $a(DE-B1597)458625 035 $a(OCoLC)647929712 035 $a(OCoLC)979628505 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511445 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908337 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000018589 100 $a20190708d2008 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetrayal $eHow Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era /$fHouston Baker Jr 210 1$aNew York, NY : $cColumbia University Press, $d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13965-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: Little Africa -- $tJail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- $tFriends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- $tAfter Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- $tHave Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- $tA Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- $tReflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- $tMan Without Connection: John McWhorter -- $tAmerican Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- $tPrison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- $tConclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aHouston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights.In the literature, speeches, and academic and public behavior of some black intellectuals in the past quarter century, Baker identifies a "hungry generation" eager for power, respect, and money. Baker critiques his own impoverished childhood in the "Little Africa" section of Louisville, Kentucky, to understand the shaping of this new public figure. He also revisits classical sites of African American literary and historical criticism and critique. Baker devotes chapters to the writing and thought of such black academic superstars as Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele; Yale law professor Stephen Carter; and Manhattan Institute fellow John McWhorter. His provocative investigation into their disingenuous posturing exposes what Baker deems a tragic betrayal of King's legacy.Baker concludes with a discussion of American myth and the role of the U.S. prison-industrial complex in the "disappearing" of blacks. Baker claims King would have criticized these black intellectuals for not persistently raising their voices against a private prison system that incarcerates so many men and women of color. To remedy this situation, Baker urges black intellectuals to forge both sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. As he sees it, the mission of the black intellectual today is not to do great things but to do specific, racially based work that is in the interest of the black majority. 606 $aAfrican American intellectuals -- Political activity 606 $aCivil rights movements -- United States 606 $aAfrican American intellectuals$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights 606 $aCivil rights movements 615 4$aAfrican American intellectuals -- Political activity. 615 4$aCivil rights movements -- United States. 615 0$aAfrican American intellectuals$xPolitical activity 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights 615 0$aCivil rights movements 676 $a323.1196073 700 $aBaker Jr$b Houston, $01656271 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822256303321 996 $aBetrayal$94009035 997 $aUNINA