Anti-Black Prejudice in America by Anders Eklof

Anti-Black Prejudice in America by Anders Eklof

The book traces the deep historical roots of colonial/racial attitudes of Europeans as they discovered, conquered, and settled the Americas, exploiting African slaves as the labor force. Those attitudes were to a great extent shaped by a very prudish morality founded on Christianity. It covers the

history of slavery in North America in some detail and gives a chilling account of the oppression, antiblack riots, and lynchings of the Jim Crow era. The largest part of the book deals with the tumultuous period from 1954 to 1975, dealing broadly with the civil rights movement (blacks, women, LGBT,

native Americans) and the effects of the Vietnam war. The sexual revolution of the 1960s is seen in contrast to the extreme prudishness and homophobia of the first half of the century. It is described as having, in conjunction with rock'n'roll and the civil rights movement, a decisive effect on the reduction of prejudice and fear of whites with respect to the reputed strong sexuality of the blacks.

Eklof, Anders: - The author, Anders Eklof, was born and raised in Sweden, a very liberal society which had, at the time, a very homogenous population. Racial, religious, or economic class tensions did not exist there. Racial segregation and oppression were seen as morally unacceptable, and there existed in the population a strong sense of sympathy for the contemporary movements in the United States and South Africa to overturn segregation and apartheid. Anders arrived in the United States in 1961. An incident in a cafeteria in Alabama gave him his first personal observation of Southern white disrespect for black people. The incident laid the foundation for his lifelong feeling of solidarity with America's black population. His first marriage was to an African-American woman, with whom he has two children. His second marriage is to an African woman with whom he also has two children.

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ISBN 13	9781737537328
ISBN 10	173753732X
Title	Anti-Black Prejudice in America
Author	Anders Eklof
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Anders Eklof
Year published	2021-07-05
Number of pages	328
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