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Article: The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America.(Review)
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- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America. By Philip A. Klinkner with Rogers M. Smith. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. 4l7p. $32.50.
In a theory-driven political history of race in the United States, Klinkner and his collaborator openly challenge two modern shibboleths. First, they debunk the claim that the force of lofty values of equality and fairness--the American creed--will lead inexorably to racial progress. Second, they debunk the claim that the current level of black advancement is secure and now self-sustaining. In the place of these bulwarks of "the new color blindism," Klinkner and Smith erect a three-part ...