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Losing the Race

Self-Sabotage in Black America

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ID2485838
AuthorsB M Louis (0000-0001-7082-4951, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume10
Issue2
Pages41-42
Publication date2001-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeREVIEW
Review ofLosing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, John H Mcwhorter, 2000
VenueTransforming Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/tran.2001.10.2.41
OpenAlexW2144190753
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

Losing The Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America. John H. McWhorter. New York, NY: The Free Press (a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.), 2000. xv. 285 pp. (Cloth US$24.00)

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