HIST 4061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tawana Brawley Rape Allegations, White Guilt, Chilling Effect

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 4061
• Professor: Jerry Ginsburg

Document Summary

Conti and stetson examine the diversity of opinion present in the african-american community. The new black vanguard focuses on their discussion of black progress, or the lack thereof. Their common ground of agreement centers in their valuation of personal responsibility and self-help (76) They are not a monolithic voice and their spectrum of opinion includes elements of neo conservatives, libertarian, populist, and liberal thought. (21) The civil rights vision identifies racial discrimination as the cause of these disparities; oppression is covering the black experience o. They object on moral and programmatic grounds to the civil rights leadership; Reliance on the political capital of white guilt; They de-emphasize racism as the generator of black poverty, but rather other factors including structural changes in urban economics, the effects of welfare work-disincentives, and elements of a ghetto-specific culture; They contest the practical relevance to the poor, as well as the morality, of preferential treatment policies based on race;