Two Nation: The War Continues...
...race a lesser start in life and then to expect from them a certain degree of resolution that has never been demanded from your own race?" With this question the author concludes his book. The book is called "Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal." The author is Andrew Hacker, a professor of political science at Queens College. He has written many books along with this one mostly dealing with race and other social problems faced in America. He believes that race plays a larger role in America than it does anywhere else in the world. The title has many sources and foreshadows some of the conclusions he makes in the book. The "two nations" being discussed are the White nation and the African-American (Black) nation. It has been said many times in history that the two major races in this country have been separate, hostile and unequal. It is interesting to find out what Mr. Hacker thinks about all of this as well.
The book is separated into three parts. In the first part Hacker wishes to give the reader insight on how "we" define and divide people into races. He will also discuss what it feels like to be black in this country and why white Americans act the way they do to those of African-American descent. In the second part he will focus more on the role race plays in such areas as education, family life, economy, politics and crime. In the third section there are statistics based on race and an index.
In the opening chapter of the book Hacker discusses the "origin" of races. Separation and the giving of names to peoples belonging to a group have been done since
the first time differences in physical appearance began to appear. He argues that the Native Americans have been at a low population but the population suddenly increased when many individuals began to claim their race as being Native American. He also says that the...
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