Rich Benjamin is a well-connected scholar, lecturer, and commentator on contemporary American politics and culture. His commentary is featured on NPR, FOX radio, newspapers and the blogosphere, including The Huffington Post, Tom Paine, Afronetizen, and Talking Points Cafe). He has PhD from Stanford University in Modern Thought and Literature in 2001/02, he was a visiting scholar at Columbia Unviersity Law School, and he is currently a senior fellow at DEMOS, a progressive national think tank based in New York City.
"[Benjamin] offers in the end a chilling vision of the future for
progressive values."--Daily Kos
"A lively and perceptive foray into communities that are trying to
bail out of the melting pot."--Mother Jones
"A wry and chilling tour of America's all-white communities."---
Time Out New York
"Benjamin examines the history, politics, economics, and culture of
race and class as seen in the growth of these `whitopias, '
racially and therefore socioeconomically exclusive communities from
the exurb St. George, Utah to the inner-city enclave of Carnegie
Hill in Manhattan. . . . This is a thoroughly engaging and
eye-opening look at an urgent social issue."--Booklist, Starred
Review
"Benjamin is clear in his conclusion that this trend is not healthy
for either white or minority communities. Ideally, he writes, each
group should thrive on . . . the influence of the other groups.
Already, white communities are suffering from problems like
unchecked sprawl and bad schools, and low-income minority groups
are also losing access to the social capital of middle-class
groups."--Kirkus Reviews
"Benjamin writes in rapturous prose."--- The Wilson Quarterly
"Exploring the identity, inhabitants, and social and political
implications of...small towns...is the premise of Benjamin's
provocative new book."--The Daily Beast
"It sounds like a recipe for a riot: an inquisitive black writer
journeying into some of the most segregated neighborhoods in the
country. But Benjamin...pulls off his quest with good
cheer."--Time
"The revelatory chapters about New York City made me want to cry .
. . Generous and understanding to all of its subjects, Searching
for Whitopia is a eulogy for an unsustainable America
lifestyle."--Christian Lander, creator of Stuff White People Like
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