Dilemmas of Development Assistance or Color Class Identity

Dilemmas of Development Assistance: The What, Why, and Who of Foreign Aid

Author: Sarah J Tisch

Development and foreign aid are emerging as new focal points in post–Cold War international relations. Never before have economics figured so prominently in the politics among nations; never before have individuals and nongovernmental organizations had such an opportunity to influence the success of politics in the international arena. Here, a political scientist and an economist, both with significant development experience, bring an interdisciplinary approach to the dilemmas posed by the giving and receiving of financial and technical assistance. They answer basic questions—What is development? Why do countries help each other develop? Who should implement development?—while illuminating the nuances of relationships between national and expatriate development professionals, donor and recipient countries, and Western and alternative views of development goals. Liberally illustrated, thoroughly documented, and filled with personal anecdotes as well as cross-national examples, the text of Dilemmas of Development Assistance is amplified by suggested readings, recommended media resources, and an extensive chronology of events marking progress in the history of development aid.

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Color, Class, Identity: The New Politics of Race

Author: John Arthur

Three recent and highly dramatic national events have shattered the complacency of many Americans about progress, however fitful, in race relations in America. The Clarence Thomas–Anita Hill hearings, the O.J. Simpson trial, and the Million Man March of Louis Farrakhan have forced everyone to reconsider their assumptions about race and racial relations.The Thomas-Hill hearings exposed the complexity and volatility of perceptions about race and gender. The sight of jubilant Blacks and despondent Whites reacting to the O.J. Simpson verdict shook our confidence in shared assumptions about equal protection under the law. The image of hundreds of thousands of Black men gathering in Washington in defense of their racial and cultural identity angered millions of Whites and exposed divisions within the Black community.These events were unfolding at a time when there seemed to be considerable progress in fighting racial discrimination. On the legal side, discrimination has been eliminated in more and more arenas, in theory if not always in practice. Economically, more and more blacks have moved into the middle class, albeit while larger numbers have slipped further back into poverty. Intellectually, figures like Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Patricia J. Williams are playing a central role as public intellectuals.In the face of these disparate trends, it is clear that Americans need to rethink their assumptions about race, racial relations, and inter-racial communication. Color * Class * Identity is the ideal tool to facilitate this process. It provides a richly textured selection of readings from Du Bois, Cornel West, Derrick Bell, and others, as well as a range ofresponses to the particular controversies that are now dividing us.Color * Class * Identity furthers these debates, showing that the racial question is far more complex than it used to be; it is no longer a simple matter of Black versus White and racial mistrust. A landmark anthology that will help advance understanding of the present unease, not just between Black and White, but within each community, this book will be useful in a broad range of courses on contemporary U.S. society.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man	11
2	I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent?	24
3	The Scar of Race	44
4	The Paradox of Integration: Why Blacks and Whites Seem So Divided	65
5	One Man's March	73
6	Victims and Heroes in the "Benevolent State"	79
7	Clarence X	88
8	The Chronicle of the Slave Scrolls	98
9	Who Shot Johnny?	105
10	The Truly Disadvantaged	109
11	All in the Family: Illegitimacy and Welfare Dependence	123
12	Counting Asians	133
13	American Apartheid: The Perpetuation of the Underclass	137
14	The Souls of Black Folk	163
15	Race Matters	169
16	Group Autonomy and Narrative Identity	179
17	Ethnic Transgressions	191
18	The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society	199
19	A Different Mirror	213
	List of Credits	225
	About the Book and Editors	227
	About the Contributors	229