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Note from the editor.(Editorial)
Two pieces in this issue attempt to rake the measure of two very different men whose work are both responses to the complexity and contradictions of America's racial dilemmas. One is a businessman and conservative crusader trying to get rid of racial classification and "racial preferences." The other is a writer tackling the largest themes of freedom and survival in African American life.
In no way are Ward Connerly and John Edgar Wideman comparable, but the contrast is interesting to consider. Connerly has been called a sell-out, a traitor to the race, and an enemy of black progress. Yet Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor's profile makes an intriguing assertion: the man hardly considers himself African American to begin with. The curious way Connerly comes by his racial identity, and how much it may drive his political actions, is revealing--and relevant for what it tells us about the political ground we have yet to cover on the issue of multiracial identity.
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- Hoop Roots. (nonfiction reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review Grant, Tracy November 1, 2001 700+ words
...them are done well. Hoop Roots opens with Wideman reflecting...his previous work, Hoop Roots demonstrates Wideman...the many faces that African American men wear today at work...thought to another that Hoop Roots loses some of its impact...
- `Hoop Roots,' by John Edgar Wideman; Houghton Mifflin Co.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Johnson, Cecil November 14, 2001 700+ words
...told God," writes Wideman. "Hoop Roots" consists of seven interlaced...Proust, to whom he refers in "Hoop Roots." The more apt comparison...may be viewed as a metaphor for African-American culture. Its appropriation by...
- Hoop Roots. (Books).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Antioch Review Peaco, Ed March 22, 2002 700+ words
Hoop Roots by John Edgar Wideman. Houghton Mifflin, 242 pp., $24.00. Those familiar with Wideman know to expect more than a sports...
- NOTEBOOK: COTTON SEARCHING FOR HOOP ROOTS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) July 18, 2000 700+ words
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- Hudson kids want state to recognize hoop roots.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald News), Carolyn Kessel Stewart (Metrowest Daily June 2, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Carolyn Kessel Stewart (METROWEST DAILY NEWS) The hoop dreams of 15 third-graders to have basketball dubbed the official state sport is no slam dunk in the heart of Red Sox Nation, but these kids are giving it their best shot. Hudson teacher Laura Mullen and her class filed a bill that
- EDITOR'S CHOICE.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald October 21, 2001 700+ words
"Hoop Roots" by John Edgar Wideman (Houghton Mifflin...Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Writing" edited by John Edgar Wideman...African-American literature. In "Hoop Roots," he handles language as deftly as...
- African-American students in a predominantly-White university: factors...
- Magazine article from: College Student Journal Furr, Susan R. Elling, Theodore W. June 1, 2002 700+ words
...to retention. In this study, 183 African-American freshmen participated in a campus...disparity between the graduation rates of African-American students and White students. What...factors that may enhance the success of African-American students on predominantly-White...
- African-American Clinicians Providing HIV Care: The Experience of the National...
- Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association Mahoney, Megan R; Sterkenburg, Cynthia; Thom, David H; Goldschmidt, Ronald H July 1, 2008 700+ words
...patient and provider characteristics of African-American clinicians and non-African-American clinicians who called the National HIV...clinicians, 70 (6.9%) of whom were African American. Compared to the non-African-American...
