Socio-Economic Crises in Black and Brown Communities in the United States [Hardcover]

Socio-Economic Crises in Black and Brown Communities in the United Statesprovides insight and awareness concerning crises that exist in underserved Black and brown communities in the United States. The contributors explore these issues through the lenses of public policy, human behavior, environmental injustice, socioeconomic status, gentrification, psychological limitation, Black history distortions, as well as disparities in health, technology, race, gender, and class. They are products of various backgrounds, which provides diverse perspectives from their life experiences.Antoinette S. Christopheis associate professor and the director of the Master of Public Administration Program at Texas Southern University.

The book represents a timely contribution to the extant scholarly literature on the vexatious and enduring crises of human material wellbeing that have historically plagued Black and Brown communities in the United States. Undoubtedly, the insights provided by the book are quite useful for the formulation and implementation of relevant public policies that would address these crises. George Kieh, Texas Southern University

This book contains a wide range of topics, utilizes a combination of methodologies, and explores underlying themes of oppression and effects of discrimination across various areas of U.S. public policy, in higher education, and local communities impacted by environmental racism, to name a few.

The book's strengths come from each author's connections to the topics they explore. The use of first-person and ethnographic accounts in some chapters highlights the intractable nature of racism and discrimination in the United States. The book provides much in delivering critical historical reports of various domestic policies that have impacted Black and Brown populations. Many chapters also offer sections on the practical implications of research findings and directions for future research. This book provides stulÃ+