Advent Calendar Day 14: ‘Yo Mama’s Disfunktional! Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America’ by Robin D.G. Kelley

Originally published in 1997, this is a book about grassroots movements taking shape among the working class.

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“Starting with an insightful look at street culture—from the “dozens” to pick-up basketball—Kelley shows how these misunderstandings of Black culture are at the center of the failure of public policy, scholarship and social movements to save our cities. He critiques both conservatives and liberals for ignoring what these cultural forms mean for their practitioners. Blending wit, intellect, and historical detail, he offers groundbreaking analyses of the multicultural roots of Black urban culture and the mistakes of the labor movement in denying the importance of cultural factors.”

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