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A collection of satire that takes on some of the hottest issues confronting African-Americans includes commentary on affirmative action, black intelligentsia, O. J. Simpson, and the book The Bell Curve. Reprint.
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Essays discuss the African American experience and explore such topics as the O.J. Simpson murder trial and the controversial book "The Bell Curve".
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n find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination. . . . Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped."
*Mark Twain
Like his literary forebears *Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and yes, Mark Twain *Ralph Wiley has some information to purvey. The news is not always good. But with Wiley's electrifying take on subjects from the black intelligentsia to The Bell Curve to O.J., Dark Witness is certain to outrage, entertain, and ultimately enlighten.
The titles of his chapters say it all: "One Day, When I Was On Exhibit." "Why Black People Are So Stupid." "Why Niggers Steal, Are Violent, and Stay on Welfare." "Where Negroes Got All That Rhythm." "Whoopi-Do and Hughes 2." "Sin and Juice." Behind the explosive flash of
*Mark Twain
Like his literary forebears *Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and yes, Mark Twain *Ralph Wiley has some information to purvey. The news is not always good. But with Wiley's electrifying take on subjects from the black intelligentsia to The Bell Curve to O.J., Dark Witness is certain to outrage, entertain, and ultimately enlighten.
The titles of his chapters say it all: "One Day, When I Was On Exhibit." "Why Black People Are So Stupid." "Why Niggers Steal, Are Violent, and Stay on Welfare." "Where Negroes Got All That Rhythm." "Whoopi-Do and Hughes 2." "Sin and Juice." Behind the explosive flash of
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- PublisherBallantine Books Inc.
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0345409744
- ISBN 13 9780345409744
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages334
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