Black on the block : the politics of race and class in the city
In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood, Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. There was a time when North Kenwood, Oakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades. Black on the Block tells the remarkable story of how these residents laid the groundwork for a revitalized and self-consciously black neighborhood that continues to flourish today. But theirs is not a tale of easy consensus and political unity, and here Patillo teases out the divergent class interests that have come to define black communities like North Kenwood-Oakland. She explores the often heated battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers as they clash over the social implications of gentrification. Along the way, Pattillo highlights the conflicted but crucial role that middle-class blacks play in transforming such districts as they negotiate between established centers of white economic and political power and the needs of their less fortunate black neighbors
Electronic books
1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) : illustrations, map
9780226649337, 9781282538580, 9786612538582, 0226649334, 1282538586, 6612538589
615600383
Introduction
4432 Berkeley
The Black bourgeoisie meets the truly disadvantaged
White power, Black brokers
Remedies to "educational malpractice"
The case against public housing
The case for public housing
Avenging violence with violence
Conclusion
English
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