Disinte Migration Eugene Robinson Analysis

The Novel, Disintegration by Eugene Robinson, the author begins by presenting a compelling argument that the black America as we once knew it, has shifted from one to four. Robinson divides black American into four groups: the mainstream middle class, the abandoned minority with less hope and access to resources, the transcendent elite with wealth and power and the emergent group. Robinson poses a question that many have asked: “how is a teenager living in abandoned dysfunction today supposed to escape?” Many are wondering the answer because not only do they lack insufficient resources like education, money and familial support, there is a probability that they are the products of single parent homes; however, they lack governmental and public support which leads to a positive correlation between increased crime and increased incarcerations. He concludes that Abandoned, isolated from the Mainstream, has developed a
Steinam’s argument is if Obama were a bi-racial female, would he/she have been a viable candidate to becoming elected President of the United States. She also argues that gender is the most restricting force in American because of gender role and notions of what women represent in our society. She mentions that black women are less likely to advance in politics as opposed to black men ignoring that gender and race intersect. Indeed, it is evident that black women make less to the black man’s dollar; however, black women are capable of advancing in the society just as men have. She splits the two into two concepts of gender and race, while ignoring that there exists and intersection. During the 2008 presidential campaign, the democratic candidates were Barack Obama (African American) and Hillary Clinton (woman), which is where Gloria Steinem writes this article to illustrate her support for Hillary Clinton as a