Created Equal: The Painful Past, Confusing Present, and Hopeful Future of Race in America

188 Pages·2022·2.729 MB·English

by  Ben Carson

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Names: Carson, Ben, author. | Carson, Candy, author.
Title: Created equal : the painful past, confusing present, and hopeful future of race
in America / Ben Carson, M.D., with Candy Carson.
Description: First edition. | New York : Center Street, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references. | Summary: “External physical characteristics that are
genetically encoded are things over which no individual has control. But rather
than appreciating the gift of diversity, some have chosen to use it to drive wedges
between groups of people. Some of these external characteristics are associated
with the past moral failing of slavery. Though slavery in America formally ended
in the 1860s, the vestiges of that evil institution are still with us today, and those
vestiges often inflict guilt on some and facilitate feelings of victimhood in others.
In Created Equal, Dr. Carson uses his own personal experiences as a member of a
racial minority, along with the writings and experiences of others from multiple
backgrounds and demographics, to analyze the current state of race relations in
America. Instead of using race as an excuse to remake America into something
completely antithetical to the Constitution, Dr. Carson suggests ways to enhance
and bring great success to our nation and all multiethnic societies by magnifying
America’s incredible strengths instead of her historical weaknesses”—Provided by
publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021059197 | ISBN 9781546002642 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781546002796 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Racism—United States—History. | Equality—United States. |
United States—Race relations. | United States—Social conditions.
Classification: LCC E184.A1 C3364 2022 | DDC 305.800973—dc23/eng/20220103
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021059197
ISBN: 9781546002642 (hardcover), 9781546002796 (ebook)
E3-20220317-JV-NF-ORI
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Epigraph
CHAPTER 1 No One Is Born a Racist
CHAPTER 2 How We Look at Race
CHAPTER 3 The History of Slavery and Racism in America
CHAPTER 4 Guilt and Victimhood Surrounding Race
CHAPTER 5 Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project
CHAPTER 6 The George Floyd Turning Point
CHAPTER 7 Media and Big Tech
CHAPTER 8 Does Systemic Racism Exist in America?
CHAPTER 9 Judeo-Christian Values and Racism
CHAPTER 10 Is It Racism or Classism?
CHAPTER 11 Education, the Great Equalizer
CHAPTER 12 The Path Forward
Epilogue
Photos
Acknowledgments
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Notes
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