Publisher's Synopsis
Polls consistently indicate that affluent and college-educated African-Americans are at least as disaffected and pessimistic as those struggling at society's periphery. They report more encounters with racial prejudice and voice strong reservations about the ability of this country to deliver on the promise of the American dream.;This study examines how and why discrimination haunts the most affluent and best-educated African-Americans in the United States today. It addresses this question, the affirmative action dilemma and the ultimate prospects for interethnic harmony. Drawing from his own experiences, those of other successful African-Americans and the views of Daniel Moynihan, Jack Kemp, Bill Bradley and others in a position to shed light on this subject, Ellis Cose offers an analysis of the divisive conditions in American society. Cose is the author of "A Nation of Strangers".
