Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America is a 2000 book by American linguist and political commentator John McWhorter, in which he argues that some elements of black culture are more responsible than external racial prejudice and discrimination for the social problems faced by black Americans several decades after the Civil Rights Movement. Specifically, McWhorter points to anti-intellectualism, separatism, and a self-perpetuated identity of victimhood as factors limiting them as a group.
The book was a New York Times bestseller and received mixed reactions.[1][2][3] McWhorter considers it the work that first made him known to larger audiences and contributed to the perception of him being a conservative commentator.[4]
References
edit- ^ Dent, David J. (26 November 2000). "Spelling Trouble". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Fletcher, Michael A. "John McWhorter Links Low Achievement to Black Culture". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Losing the Race". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "In Depth with John McWhorter". In Depth. C-SPAN. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
External links
edit- Presentation by WcWhorter on Losing the Race at Marcus Books, Oakland, California, August 18, 2000
- Presentation by WcWhorter on Losing the Race at the Independent Institute, Oakland, California, March 20, 2001
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