Description The book uses the politics of respectability concept as an appropriate framework to show why racial disparities between Black and white people in America persist.
About the Author Lori Latrice Martin is a jointly appointed, full professor in the African and African American Studies program and in the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University..
Additionally, the politics of respectability is used to understand #Black Lives Matter and recent NFL protests led by Colin Kaepernick.
The book using the politics of respectability to examine three important myths: the Myth of the American Dream, the Myth of America as a meritocracy, and the model minority myth.
Sadly, the politics of respectability is under utilized and often confused with respectability politics.
The politics of respectability originated with Black Baptist women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Description The book uses the politics of respectability concept as an appropriate framework to show why racial disparities between Black and white people in America persist
