Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-1996

· Univ of North Carolina Press
Ebook
269
Pages

About this ebook

For over a century, the idea that African Americans are psychologically damaged has played an important role in discussions of race. In this provocative work, Daryl Michael Scott argues that damage imagery has been the product of liberals and conservative

About the author

Daryl Michael Scott is assistant professor of history at Columbia University.

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