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By continuing to use this site, you agree to the terms of our updated Privacy Policy. Read Excerpt Glasses Icon Icon of eye glasses over an open book Request Desk/Exam Copy Academic Icon Academic icon A More Perfect Reunion Race, Integration, and the Future of America by Calvin Baker Read by Landon Woodson Audiobook Download Unabridged ebook Hardcover Audiobook Download Unabridged ebook Hardcover Also Available From: Buy Now: Apple Audible Kobo Libro.fm AudioBooks.com AudioBooksNow.com AudioBookstore.com Downpour.com Google Play NookAudioBooks.com On Sale Jun 30, 2020 Publisher Hachette Audio logo ISBN-13 9781549174247 Genre Nonfiction / Political Science / Civil Rights Description A provocative case for integration as the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, yet the only enduring solution to the racism that threatens our democracy. Americans have prided ourselves on how far we’ve come from slavery, lynching, and legal segregation-measuring ourselves by incremental progress instead of by how far we have to go. But fifty years after the last meaningful effort toward civil rights, the US remains overwhelmingly segregated and unjust. Our current solutions — diversity, representation, and desegregation — are not enough. As acclaimed writer Calvin Baker argues in this bracing, necessary book, we first need to envision a society no longer defined by the structures of race in order to create one. The only meaningful remedy is integration: the full self-determination and participation of all African-Americans, and all other oppressed groups, in every facet of national life. This is the deepest threat to the racial order and the real goal of civil rights. At once a profound, masterful reading of US history from the colonial era forward and a trenchant critique of the obstacles in our current political and cultural moment, A More Perfect Reunion is also a call to action. As Baker reminds us, we live in a revolutionary democracy. We are one of the best-positioned generations in history to finish that revolution. 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Baker offers a wide-ranging and erudite analysis of U.S. history, politics, and culture.... This powerful call to action resonates."—Publishers Weekly "Scholarly yet accessible, this book is a wake-up call for a country that would rather celebrate how far we've come than focus on how far we still have to go to eradicate racism. Required reading for any American serious about dismantling systemic racism." —Kirkus (starred review) "Contemplating social problems related to race, identity, civil rights and more, a novelist proposes that the simplest, most radical solution is the complete social integration of all minorities."—The New York Times Book Review Read More Read Less Share Facebook Icon Round FB icon with f initial Twitter Icon Twitter Logo Email Icon Envelope Hachette Logo Large H Initial © 2022 Hachette Book Group | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Do Not Sell My Personal Information