The Reckoning by Randall Robinson

The Reckoning



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The Reckoning Randall Robinson
Language: English
Page: 304
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0452283140, 9780786539826
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From Publishers Weekly

With the bestselling The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks, Robinson, founder of the policy group TransAfrica, became a prominent voice for U.S. slavery reparations. Rather than a follow-up to The Debt, this book reads like a similarly impassioned extension of it. Robinson, in his powerful, polemical style, finds that "246 years of slavery and the century of government-embraced racial discrimination" have produced a devastating legacy for young African-Americans: "We are still slaves. The chains are inside us now. They turn our spirits mean, our hearts into metallic chambers.... They render our memories empty, our vision short, our song coarse, our fathers broken, our mothers bereaved." His prime example here is the criminal justice system, and the spine of this rather diffuse book is the story of Pee Wee Kirkland, who became a criminal (and basketball legend) growing up poor in 1950s Harlem, but who ultimately reformed. Along the way, Robinson makes some compelling points: the criminal justice system is disproportionately black and poor, prisons benefit poor white communities and Caucasian white-collar criminals get treated more gently than black convicts from the street. He criticizes fellow blacks for supporting politicians like Bill Clinton who he thinks furthered such injustices. As with the previous book, Robinson is short on practical analyses, but despite being less about what blacks owe each other than about the injustices continually in the offing, this book-length lament may further liberation. (Feb.) Forecast: Though post-9/11 concerns may diminish attention paid to this book, Robinson will be listened to, especially by the core constituency that read The Debt. He will soon join a class action suit against the U.S. government for reparations on behalf of the descendants of slaves.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


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From Library Journal

Robinson rounds out work he did in Defending the Spirit and The Debt, arguing that all blacks must work to assure a better life for the inner-city poor.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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