Racism refers to a host of practices, beliefs, social relations, and phenomena that work to reproduce a racial hierarchy and social structure that yield superiority and privilege for some, and discrimination and oppression for others. The practices of a White American-led society have not only perpetuated these practices, but deeply embedded unlawful and discriminatory racial policies that affect the everyday way, for all citizens of the United States, and in particular, African Americans.
From Sheets to Suits: Embedded Racism in American Society is without a doubt a controversial examination of the beginnings of racism in this country, originating with the Ku Klux Klan and reaching a pinnacle in the summer of 2014 with the shooting of Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed African American teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
St. Louis, Missouri, is the one of the most covertly racist cities in the United States. Many of the White Americans in the Gateway City are ignorant, dont like to be around African American people, dont believe black people can be educated and go out of their way to prevent African Americans from succeeding. Law enforcement agencies have even gone as far as to intentionally target African Americans in sinister revenue scandals.
Parker examines the forms taken by embedded racism in politics and entertainment, in educational institutions and in everyday encounters. Readers are made to feel the humiliations and hostility encountered by African American people in what remains, to a shocking degree, an embedded racist society.
This book delves into how racism has affected, and has had a hand in shaping every aspect of the society in the United States.
A propos de l’auteur
John Parker is a high-energy, results-oriented, executive public relations consultant and political operative. Parker’s experience includes time as editor of a two online newspaper, as well as eleven years as principal of a St. Louis-based, Evolution Communication Group, a certified public relations firm that has the honor of having client relationships dating back to the firm’s first year. Drawing on his first-hand knowledge, and how society works in conjunction with the various institutions of the professional world, Parker is an expert on how to project a positive image. Parker has implemented numerous successful campaigns, ranging from grassroots community relations programs to national publicity efforts.
Clients John Parker has served operate in both the public and private sectors, and are involved in variety of different industry sectors, including economic development, transit, construction, government organizations, professional sports teams, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, real estate and more. He is adept at crafting messages that resonate and communicate complex information to diverse audiences.
He is a renowned national motivational speaker, and a social activist. He is also a radio/television talk show host, and is a twenty-four-year veteran of college and professional football. He has a reputation as one of the most inspirational speakers in the country.
Parker is a native of the area of Ferguson, Missouri. He is uniquely aware that, in the eyes of many White Americans, racism and discrimination are no longer a serious and widespread problem in American society, but African Americans face the evils of racism regularly. It is to a considerable degree precisely that awareness led him to write From Sheets to Suits. His position is that, to be an African American is to live with racism every day.
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