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Useful resource for college courses in the social sciences.
A resource tool for social group discussions about institutional racism.
A good resource book for individuals who desire to be a part of the solution to social ills.
List of contents
1. The Sociology of Family: Spirituality Versus Materialism
2. Character Development: Making You Your Best Friend
3. The Proper Use of Money
4. One Educational Process Does Not Fit All
5. The Miseducation of the Black Community
6. What Happened to the War on Poverty
7. Black Personality Structure: An Expression of Racial Oppression
8. A Philosophical Analysis of Black Academia
9. The Difficulty of Effective Community-Wide Planning
10. How to Wreck a University
11. Black Intellectuals: Myth or Reality
12. The Sociology of ¿Party Down¿: Saturday Night Versus Sunday Morning
13. A Socio-Religious Analysis of the Social Costs of Institutional Racism in a Theoretical Democracy
14. White Supremacy: Myth or Reality
15. Affirmative Action: Method or Ideology
16. A Philosophical Analysis of Democracy, Power, Leadership, and Commitment in American Society
17. The Twenty-First-Century Civil War: Upside Down
18. The Decline of American Social Democracy
19. Trayvon Martin: The Aftermath
20. ¿Stand Your Ground¿ Is Unholy Ground
21. An Analysis of the Political Party System in America
22. A Philosophical Analysis of Republicanism
23. A Socio-Theological Analysis of Vanity
24. An Analysis of Homosexuality: Social Isolationism
25. Same-Sex Marriage: Civil Right or Human Right
26. The Issue of Sin Is Destroying the Fabric of American Society
27. A Socio-Religious Analysis of the Ecological Crisis: Human Exploitation
28. Ten Things: Bridging the Cultural Racial Divide
About the author
Bobby Eugene Mills received his BD degree in theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and his PhD in sociology from Syracuse University. An advocate for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Dr. Mills taught college-level sociology courses for over 35 years.
Summary
"Transcending the Color Line," by sociologist and professor Bobby E. Mills, PhD, represents a philosophical attempt to make sense out of American black collective experience. This collection of essays does not reflect traditional sociological perspectives and methodological considerations. Instead, the query is: How do we live? More importantly, wh
Foreword
"Transcending the Color Line", is a collection of essays by sociologist and professor Bobby E. Mills, PhD, seeking to resolve the many social contradictions facing American society regarding politics, government, institutional racism, religion, and family life. These concise essays offer a precise diagnosis of the true causes behind the black and white dysfunction in a variety of social contexts, often providing up-to-the-minute commentary on American life. As the deeper problem behind the social dysfunction is revealed, Mills calls both black and white individuals to accountability and inspires all readers to become part of the solution.
