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When the Stars Begin To Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
By Johnson, Theodore R.
- ISBN
- 9780802157850
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly
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Reviewed on June 4, 2021 | Social Science
About halfway through this look at deeply ingrained racism in the United States, Johnson (senior fellow, Brennan Ctr. for Justice) dismisses the metaphor of the U.S. as a melting pot and re-labels it as a nation of "trickle-down citizenship." Our differences may make the country great, he maintains, but people in power have always controlled access to different aspects of U.S. citizenship. Johnson's argument about dismantling systemic ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
