In "The Long Road from Slavery to Mental Illness",
Calvin Thomas examines every aspect of Black life—from media
images of Blacks, to civil rights legislation, including the issue
of reparations.
He describes in great detail how all aspects of
White society work towards increasing the sense of disconnection
every Black person feels from the society around him, and the
distance between his image of himself and White images of him.
Prominent Black figures-from Michael Jackson to Kobe Bryant, from
O. J. Simpson to Condoleeza Rice, play a part in this compelling
social commentary. No socially responsible individual, Black or
White, can afford to miss this groundbreaking glimpse into the
appalling state of race relations in the United States.
