Betrayal : : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / / Houston Baker Jr.
Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the con...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780231511445 |
---|---|
lccn |
2007031662 |
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)458625 (OCoLC)647929712 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Baker Jr., Houston, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / Houston Baker Jr. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- Friends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- After Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- Have Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- A Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- Man Without Connection: John McWhorter -- American Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- Prison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- Conclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights.In the literature, speeches, and academic and public behavior of some black intellectuals in the past quarter century, Baker identifies a "hungry generation" eager for power, respect, and money. Baker critiques his own impoverished childhood in the "Little Africa" section of Louisville, Kentucky, to understand the shaping of this new public figure. He also revisits classical sites of African American literary and historical criticism and critique. Baker devotes chapters to the writing and thought of such black academic superstars as Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele; Yale law professor Stephen Carter; and Manhattan Institute fellow John McWhorter. His provocative investigation into their disingenuous posturing exposes what Baker deems a tragic betrayal of King's legacy.Baker concludes with a discussion of American myth and the role of the U.S. prison-industrial complex in the "disappearing" of blacks. Baker claims King would have criticized these black intellectuals for not persistently raising their voices against a private prison system that incarcerates so many men and women of color. To remedy this situation, Baker urges black intellectuals to forge both sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. As he sees it, the mission of the black intellectual today is not to do great things but to do specific, racially based work that is in the interest of the black majority. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) African American intellectuals Political activity. African Americans Civil rights. Civil rights movements United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231139656 https://doi.org/10.7312/bake13964 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511445 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511445/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Baker Jr., Houston, Baker Jr., Houston, |
spellingShingle |
Baker Jr., Houston, Baker Jr., Houston, Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- Friends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- After Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- Have Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- A Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- Man Without Connection: John McWhorter -- American Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- Prison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- Conclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
author_facet |
Baker Jr., Houston, Baker Jr., Houston, |
author_variant |
j h b jh jhb j h b jh jhb |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Baker Jr., Houston, |
title |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / |
title_sub |
How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / |
title_full |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / Houston Baker Jr. |
title_fullStr |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / Houston Baker Jr. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / Houston Baker Jr. |
title_auth |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- Friends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- After Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- Have Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- A Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- Man Without Connection: John McWhorter -- American Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- Prison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- Conclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
title_new |
Betrayal : |
title_sort |
betrayal : how black intellectuals have abandoned the ideals of the civil rights era / |
publisher |
Columbia University Press, |
publishDate |
2008 |
physical |
1 online resource (272 p.) Issued also in print. |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- Friends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- After Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- Have Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- A Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- Man Without Connection: John McWhorter -- American Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- Prison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- Conclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
isbn |
9780231511445 9783110442472 9780231139656 |
callnumber-first |
E - United States History |
callnumber-subject |
E - United States History |
callnumber-label |
E185 |
callnumber-sort |
E 3185.615 B27 42008 |
geographic_facet |
United States. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.7312/bake13964 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511445 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511445/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
320 - Political science |
dewey-ones |
323 - Civil & political rights |
dewey-full |
323.1196073 |
dewey-sort |
3323.1196073 |
dewey-raw |
323.1196073 |
dewey-search |
323.1196073 |
doi_str_mv |
10.7312/bake13964 |
oclc_num |
647929712 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT bakerjrhouston betrayalhowblackintellectualshaveabandonedtheidealsofthecivilrightsera |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)458625 (OCoLC)647929712 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Betrayal : How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
_version_ |
1770176039814692864 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>05454nam a22007575i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780231511445</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220302035458.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220302t20082008nyu fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">2007031662</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="019" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)979628505</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780231511445</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.7312/bake13964</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)458625</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)647929712</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">nyu</subfield><subfield code="c">US-NY</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">E185.615</subfield><subfield code="b">.B27 2008</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">E185.615</subfield><subfield code="b">.B27 2010</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SOC008000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">323.1196073</subfield><subfield code="2">22</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Baker Jr., Houston, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Betrayal :</subfield><subfield code="b">How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era /</subfield><subfield code="c">Houston Baker Jr.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York, NY : </subfield><subfield code="b">Columbia University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2008]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2008</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (272 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Preface -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction: Little Africa -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Jail: Southern Detention to Global Liberation -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Friends Like These: Race and Neoconservatism -- </subfield><subfield code="t">After Civil Rights: The Rise of Black Public Intellectuals -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Have Mask, Will Travel: Centrists from the Ivy League -- </subfield><subfield code="t">A Capital Fellow from Hoover: Shelby Steele -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Reflections of a First Amendment Trickster: Stephen Carter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Man Without Connection: John McWhorter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">American Myth: Illusions of Liberty and Justice for All -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Prison: Colored Bodies, Private Profit -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Conclusion: What Then Must We Do? -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">References -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important, they do a disservice to the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have fought for black rights.In the literature, speeches, and academic and public behavior of some black intellectuals in the past quarter century, Baker identifies a "hungry generation" eager for power, respect, and money. Baker critiques his own impoverished childhood in the "Little Africa" section of Louisville, Kentucky, to understand the shaping of this new public figure. He also revisits classical sites of African American literary and historical criticism and critique. Baker devotes chapters to the writing and thought of such black academic superstars as Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele; Yale law professor Stephen Carter; and Manhattan Institute fellow John McWhorter. His provocative investigation into their disingenuous posturing exposes what Baker deems a tragic betrayal of King's legacy.Baker concludes with a discussion of American myth and the role of the U.S. prison-industrial complex in the "disappearing" of blacks. Baker claims King would have criticized these black intellectuals for not persistently raising their voices against a private prison system that incarcerates so many men and women of color. To remedy this situation, Baker urges black intellectuals to forge both sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. As he sees it, the mission of the black intellectual today is not to do great things but to do specific, racially based work that is in the interest of the black majority.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African American intellectuals</subfield><subfield code="x">Political activity.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Civil rights.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Civil rights movements</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110442472</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780231139656</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.7312/bake13964</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511445</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511445/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-044247-2 Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2013</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |