Race and Reparations: A Black Perspective for the Twenty-First Century [Paperback]

Clarence J. Munford (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0865435111 | ISBN-13: 978-0865435117 | Publication Date: June 1996

Infused with the spirit of Pan-Africanism, this book deals with the 21st century's stark imperative: Power through reparations? Or the holocaust of continued white racism?

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Interpreting the skein of evidence trailing from the racism inherent in white civilization, the author of this book rescues Black nationalism from junk-jive hallucinations and grounds it in the political-economic realities of racist America. Dr. Munford wields the historic method with surgical precision to examine issues vital to today's African Americans-unemployment, the economic redundancy thrust upon Black youths, and Black capitalism and the role of the entrepreneur; the criminalization of Black males, police brutality, and the political economy of prisons; health, education, miscegenation, and the system of welfare-for-white-folks; affirmative action, parity and compensation for racial discrimination past and present, majority Black electoral districting, constitutional amendments to guarantee proportionate Black political representation, "Rainbow" alliances and 21st century strategy and tactics, and the meaning of latter-day Black Power.

Infused with the spirit of Pan-Africanism, this book exposes the global incompatibility between white world supremacy and Black liberation. It confronts all Africans-continentals and diasporans-with the twenty-first century's stark imperative: Power through reparations? Or the holocaust of continued white racism?

About the Author

Clarence J. Munford is currently professor of History (Black Studies) at Guelph University in Guelph, Ontario. The Ohio-born scholar and activist has taught in Nigerian, European, and U.S. universities. His previous writings-which span a generation and include numerous articles, essays, papers, and addresses, as well as a three-volume autopsy of early Black enslavement in the French West Indies-have dealt with the theory and practice of revolutionary nationalism from the Pan-Africanist perspective.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Africa World Press (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865435111
• ISBN-13: 978-0865435117
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,919,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Book to Educate All, May 21, 2000

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This review is from: Race and Reparations: A Black Perspective for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

This book is an excellent example of the steps that need to be taken to bring about equality for all. The book makes the reader face the facts of racism and historical relationships that contribute to the continuation of racism in our world.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Failure to read History, February 27, 2003

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This review is from: Race and Reparations: A Black Perspective for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

Like most of the books concerning reparations the authors fail to read and or understand history. Once again Mr. munford fails to understand that racism etc, etc are problems of humankind (sin if you will). Focusing on whites only is just another form of racism. Even today, much like ages ago, it is people of color who either still enslave of violate the rights of women and religious minorities.
Reparations remind me of the Afro-American concept of signefying: you know!! yo momma is this, yo daddy is this. Reparationists know that most whites arn't racist but to maintain white guilt and empower black Americans this is their path. I am also convinced that many Black Americans miss the days of obvious racism, it gave em something to talk or bragg about..

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Clarence Munford's book is a lot of rhetoric and little fact, July 30, 1999

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This review is from: Race and Reparations: A Black Perspective for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

Munford's extravagent claims are reproachable. I would like to cite specific example. On page 332 he asserts that a re-segregation of the economy would cause cultural extermination. On page 528 he realistically explores the possibility of a north-south nuclear conflict. "Only by triumphing over... white supremacy world wide...can we achieve... a victroy". It scare me to believe that such a qualified and respected professor in the black community advocates essentially a coup-de-tat, of white control