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Informationen zum Autor Tim Wise: Constantly on tour, Tim Wise is one of the most prominent anti-racist essayists, educators and activists in the US. He is regularly interviewed by CNN, Tavis Smiley, Tom Joyner and Michael Eric Dyson. His essays are regularly published on Alternet, Counterpunch, Z-net, Black Commentator, the Black Agenda Report and the Daily Kos. His blog is widely followed at www.timwise.org Klappentext A scalding indictment of how the wealthy influence the national economy, politics, and media to disadvantage those less fortunate. Zusammenfassung A scalding indictment of how the wealthy influence the national economy, politics, and media to disadvantage those less fortunate. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionI. Pulling Apart: The States of Disunited America Joblessness and Underemployment in Post-Recession America Poverty, Wage Stagnation and Deprivation Amid ¿Recovery¿ Income and Wealth Inequality: Long-Term Trends and Current Realities Deflection on the Right: But What About Mobility? Deflection on the Right: The False Promise of Growth Deflection on the Right: Blaming Changing Family StructureDeflection on the Right (and Left): Is Education the Key to the Inequality Problem?Why the Current Trend Lines? What¿s Behind Growing Inequality in America? Some Final Words About Race and the Economic CrisisII. Resurrecting Scrooge: Rhetoric and Policy of the Culture of Cruelty Demonizing the Poor: Understanding Past as Prologue The Reformation: From Social Gospel to the New Deal and Beyond Bashing the War on Poverty: The Presumption of Failure, The Reality of Success Victim-Blaming, Poverty Shaming and Culture Defaming in Modern America The Rhetoric of Hate: Dehumanizing and Humiliating the Impoverished Trivializing Hardship: Conservatives as Poverty Deniers Welfare Dependence and the Culture of Poverty: Americäs Zombie Lie The Real Reasons for Unemployment, Poverty and Welfare Loving the 1 Percent: The Valorization of the Rich and Powerful Makers v. Takers: Taxes, Public Subsidies and the Real Face of Entitlement No, You Didn¿t Build That: Confronting the Myth of Elite Talent A Culture of Parasitic Affluence: Examining the Inverted Values of the Rich With Justice for None: The Implications of a Culture of Cruelty III. Fostering a Culture of Compassion How Did We Get Here? The Importance of Seeing the Roadblocks Clearly Something Old : The Myth of Meritocracy Something New: The Centrality of Racism and White Resentment Beyond Facts: The Importance of Storytelling Some Things are Non-negotiable: A Vision of Justice EndnotesIndexAbout the Author...
