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Is Bill Cosby Right?

Is Bill Cosby Right?

Author
First Name: 
Michael Eric
Last Name: 
Dyson
Subtitle: 
Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Publish Company: 
Basic Civitas Books
Language: 
English
Medium: 
Textual
Year: 
2006

When Bill Cosby, iconic figure of American fatherhood, began criticizing the child-raising attributes of the black urban poor, he provoked a storm of discussion within the black community. Dyson places the comedian in the tradition of black elites, referred to as "Afristocrats," who were highly critical of poor blacks for making the race look bad in front of white folks.

Is Bill Cosby Right?
Amazon url: 
http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Right-Black-Middle/dp/0465017207/ref=pd_sim_b_3


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