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African American's Homelessness
Alisa Scott
ABS : 415
04/15/2014
Writing Assignment # 3
Privilege, Power, and Differences, written by Allen G. Johnson, looks at America’s social system from the perspective of Socialists sociology. His book specifically examines “privilege” (p. ) in America. The author of this book acknowledges that he, himself, is privileged as a Wwhite, educated, and male. In contrast
The Community of Self, written by Na’im Akbar's, addresses the issue of people’s psychology as it relates to cultural issues. The book also gives a unique psychological view on the African-American communyities. The author is coming from the prospective of an African American, male with a degree in pPsychology. With Johnson’s, Privilege, Power, and Differences, I was able to link that concept back to why my husband’s boss who cannot relate to him and will not help in furthering his career. His boss comes from a world of privilege and will not admit it. Both books really resonated with me; however I did not have the time I would have liked to study The Community of Self and will spend more time in the future reading it.
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