Workin' on the Chain Gang : Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History Paperback / softback
by Walter Mosley
Part of the Class: Culture series
Paperback / softback
Description
Though slavery was outlawed nearly a century and a half ago, all of us are still in figurative chains of one kind or another.
Thus argues Walter Mosley in ""Workin' on the Chain Gang"", a passionate examination of the social and economic injustices that continue to shackle the American people.
Each one of us, Mosley claims, is restrained by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, and conformity over independent thinking.
Yet even as Mosley paints a sobering vision of contemporary economic and political reality, he offers a plan to break the fetters of our oppression.
First we must recognize that our history is deeply informed by the black experience.
Then we must cast off the all-consuming accoutrements of an economic system that keeps us blind to our own and others' humanity.
Only then can we hope to achieve our true potential.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
- Publication Date:30/12/2006
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- ISBN:9780472031986
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
- Publication Date:30/12/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780472031986
