The Black Elite - 2nd Edition by Lois Benjamin (Paperback)

About the Book

This book focuses on the subjective side of success of black professionals and it documents that no matter how much money, power, or prestige, racism is still a salient issue in their lives.

Book Synopsis

This book focuses on the subjective side of success of black professionals and it documents that no matter how much money, power, or prestige, racism is still a salient issue in their lives.

Review Quotes

Praise for the first edition: [Benjamin's] assertions are so unequivocal that all readers must agree that the vicissitudes associated with racism transcent the status achievements of all African Americans.

[T]he best, most current, book-length documentation and interpretation of modern anti-black bias.

Praise for the first edition: The Black Elite by Lois Benjamin is a first class hands-on account of the color true world where discimination and success meet in black and white America.

Praise for the first edition: Lois Benjamin's The Black Elite offers many insights-especially for white readers-into the obstacles black Americans face if they seek careers in what are essentially white organizations. . . . In her cool and quiet account, Benjamin illuminates realities of race that most whites never have to think about.

Praise for the first edition: Lois Benjamin's The Black Elite offers many insights?especially for white readers?into the obstacles black Americans face if they seek careers in what are essentially white organizations. . . . In her cool and quietaccount, Benjamin illuminates realities of race that most whites never have to think about....

Praise for the first edition: The Black Elite by Lois Benjamin is a first class hands-on account of the color true world where discimination and success meet in black and white America.....

This work is captivating...a passionate work that captures the experiences of a particular social strata. It has appeal for both the scholarly community and broader society for it is written in a fashion devoid of much of the typical sociological jargon. The second edition of The Black Elite is a significant contribution.

About the Author

Lois Benjamin is Endowed University Professor of Sociology at Hampton University. She is the author of The Black Elite, Three Black Generations at the Crossroads, and Dreaming No Small Dreams: William R. Harvey's Visionary Leadership, among other works.