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A kind of sequel to Jim Sleeper's earlier The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York, this is a tough-minded, provocative indictment of the failure of liberalism in the post-Civil Rights era. As Sleeper sees it, liberals once held the moral high ground because they "fought nobly to help this country rise above color." Now, however, liberals have become blinded by race and have abandoned the fight to create what Sleeper calls the "transracial belonging and civic faith for which Americans of all colors so obviously yearn." Much of what Sleeper has to say here flies in the face of politically correct received wisdom about race, but as an effort to remind Americans that all of us are fundamentally responsible for our fates, this is a much-needed corrective to race-based thinking that has proven unproductive.


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Sleeper argues that liberals who once pushed America to think beyond color have of late gravitated toward ideas and policies that are essentially racist. Sleeper maintains that liberals make many destructive racial assumptions, including the notion that color itself determines an individual's destiny. Similarly, they frequently have lower expectations for people of color, notably in the area of crime, where they like to see African American criminals as victims. Such thinking, he believes, diverts us from the reality of crime and its causes. The media also come under Sleeper's keen eye, including the New York Times, which, in his view, regularly "gets race wrong" by accepting the above myths. Sleeper's analysis is hard nosed and penetrating, but his aim isn't to tear down. Just the opposite, as he hopes to direct progressive ideology and its practitioners back toward truly liberating traditions. Brian McCombie
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Viking Adult; 1st Edition. edition (July 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0670873918
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670873913
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable; needs to be read in earnest by the Left., February 13, 1999
This review is from: Liberal Racism: How Liberals Got Race Wrong; How America Can Get it Right (Paperback)
I worked for an "affirmative action bureaucrat (my choice of words) for five years in civil rights law. He was a middle class black man, an army brat, who got the job because he's black, and held onto it until he retired young. Because of the crowd he surrounded himself with, and because of his "status" as a black man, he made himself a far greater victim than he ever was, or than some white, working class individuals are. Further, my daily exposure to whining from those other self-designated "victims" of racial or sexual oppression made me extremely wary of claims of "racism," something I, a long-standing liberal, called a "mantra" long before Limbaugh--whom I despise--called it that. Sleeper points out the many dimensions of what I've called a most insidious racism: "the minorities can do no wrong" approach to race relations. And he does so in an organized and succinct way. He offers examples of how the racism claim has become an industry unto itself, with many of its representatives booked solid and making a healthy living speaking on behalf of it. Many of my fellow leftists need to read--and discuss--this. After all, do we aspire to equality or just a redistribution of entitlements to people based on the ostensible status of their entire class? Do we free the ostensible victim of any responsiblity at all for his or her actions? And end up with more O.J. Simpson fiascos? No, Sleeper doesn't free the "Right" of its racist policies. Nor does he advocate them. But he examines effectively the fallacies of those who claim to be fighting racism, while actually perpetuating it in a different form. Many of his references are black and other liberal scholars who have some of the same questions as to where the "liberal racism" is taking us. Read it, fellow leftists! And, for the first time in years, heed your own warnings! Thanks, Jim Sleeper!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Invigorating, May 30, 1999
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Toughly argued; unafraid to be contentious; very difficult to ignore
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For those with integrity only, June 28, 2000
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This review is from: Liberal Racism: How Liberals Got Race Wrong; How America Can Get it Right (Paperback)
In an intellectual climate where the questioning of highly personalised left wing attitudes towards race issues is responded to with instant dismissal, it is a difficult task writing a book like this. Jim Sleeper has managed to speak ten times louder, and argue tens times better than the liberals he is confronting. This is a superbly researched book, and Sleeper is a highly sophisticated critic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting issues about race and society
Liberals are supposed to believe in an inclusive society, where we take advantage of the contributions from everyone in it. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars In the end lacking...
Sleeper's criticism of the corrosiveness of (generally) well-intended white liberal political interventions is astute, but his proposed solution - the (re-)adoption by all... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Awful, Simplistic
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