Rooming in the Master's House: Power and Privilege in the Rise of Black Conservatism / Edition 1

by Molefi Kete Asante, Ronald E. Hall

Overview

Rooming in the Master's House is a strikingly original portrait of the black conservative movement by two of the most celebrated African American scholars. Asante and Hall show that today's black conservative movement can be traced to the original class and social distinctions created during slavery when certain Africans were given positions in the master's house and consequently felt that they were better than the Africans who worked in the fields. Using historical and social sources, the authors weave a narrative explaining how the house Negro syndrome continues in current discourses on the black community and in American Politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594518911
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/30/2010
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Molefi K. Asante, Ronald E. Hall

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Slave Psychology; Chapter 2 Field Negroes and House Negroes; Chapter 3 House Negroes and the Crisis of Identity; Chapter 4 The Conservative Political Agenda; Chapter 5 Self-Mutilation in the Master’s House; Chapter 6 Extending the Metaphors;

Editorial Reviews

This book refers to those slaves given positions in the slave owner's house and who came to identify with their master against their fellow Africans, a syndrome that the authors see persisting today among black conservatives.

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