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Writings on the wall : searching for a new equality beyond black and white
- Title
- Writings on the wall : searching for a new equality beyond black and white / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld.
- Author
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books, 2016.
- ©2016
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-13183 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-
- Description
- 245 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Traces the evolution of the author's views on social justice, from his youth in the civil rights era to his current role as a cultural commentator on topics ranging from race and economic inequality to music and the influence of the media.
- Basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores how the America of today is a fractured society, sharply divided along the lines of race, gender, religion, political party and economic class. In his celebrated second career as a writer and social critic, Abdul-Jabbar examines these issues with insight and passion as he draws from his own experiences as a superstar athlete, an inquisitive scholar, a celebrity, a father, an African American and a Muslim. In his columns for Time, the Washington Post and other national publications, he has garnered wide attention for opinions that are unconventional yet disarmingly rational in a time of political absurdity. In this new collection of essays, he probes the roots of bias and unfairness that remain a stubborn part of America, even 240 years after its founding document declared that all Americans are created equal. He makes a compelling case for how America can create equal opportunity for all its citizens, not just the few and the favored.--Adapted from dust jacket.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Bridging troubled waters -- American politics: The broom of the system -- Racism: Make me wanna holler -- Religion: Worship at your own risk -- Gender: The view from the front yard -- Class struggle: Another day in paradise -- Sports: Are you not entertained? -- News media: I read the news today, oh boy -- Seniors: The aging of Aquarius -- Dear Generation Z: Unsolicited advice for America's youth.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-199
- ISBN
- 9781618931719
- 1618931717
- LCCN
- 2016936260
- OCLC
- 956460983
- Author
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.
- Title
- Writings on the wall : searching for a new equality beyond black and white / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-199JFE 16-13183