Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The Latino Challenge to Black America

Coming In October!
Middle Passage Press
5517 Secrest Dr.
Los Angeles 90043
323-298-0266
Distributor
Independent Press Group

align="left">“The interaction between blacks and Latinos may prove to be the dominant political and social challenge of early 21 Century America. Earl Ofari Hutchinson has proved to be one of the top thinkers and gifted writers of this time. Free of fear he tackles an issue that all are living with but afraid to talk about.”
Reverend Al Sharpton

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The Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African-Americans and Hispanics
examines the hot button issues and problems that conflict and unite blacks and Latinos. It looks at how both groups see and interpret those issues and problems through the prism of their experiences. It’s a highly readable, fast paced, cutting edge book that blends the personal and the analytical, and that ultimately can serve as a guide to navigate race and ethnic relations through 21st Century America. The book will be published jointly in Spanish and English.


Chapters

1. Rising Latino Numbers, Rising Black Fears

2. Stereotypes Drive Black and Latino Conflicts

3. Warped Perceptions in Brown and Black

4. The Forbidden Zone

5. Reluctant Classroom Allies

6. Neither Political Friends Nor Enemies

7. Brown and Black Political Coalitions: Fact or Romantic Image

8. Immigration—The Age Old Black Fear

9. Do Illegal Immigrants Really Take Jobs From Blacks?

10. Discrimination Not Immigrants Fuels the Job Crisis of Young Black Males

11. Immigration Wars Make Strange Bedfellows

12. The New Civil rights Movement?

13. Iraq War Divided Blacks and Latinos Too