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Title: Black and Brown in America: The Case for Cooperation by Bill Piatt ISBN: 0-8147-6645-5 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)

Rating: 2
Summary: Excellent topic, but only half the picture is covered!
Comment: Bill Platt details and analyzes the tensions between Black Americans and Latinos. He covers a range of controversies from Miami, to New York, to Los Angeles. He argues why the two minority groups need to get along better. I have two major problems with this text. First, it overlooks the many instances in which blacks and browns get along quite well. I am an African-American and I think that the majority of us would say that we get along better with Latinos than we do with whites or Asians. Particularly in this age, many minority programs have to be split between blacks and Latinos (thus the proliferation of made-up words like "Af-Lat", "Blatino", "Blackano", etc.), thus forcing the two groups to see eye to eye. Further, I think the book is written in a simplistic style that borders on insulting the reader. I love the topic, but I was a little disappointed by the book.