Bøker av Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In Is Biden Really Too Old? -The Politics of Age and Ageism in America, political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson takes a laser look at the great debate over Biden's age. He assesses how much of a liability age poses for Biden. He examines how Reagan and 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain dealt with the age issue. He presents the varying views of medical professionals about Biden's age as a factor. He details research and studies on aging and the performance of older Americans. He examines the negative stereotypes, views, and typecasting of older Americans depicted in advertising, films, and much of the media and voiced by many Americans. He details what the Constitution and the Founding Fathers wrote and said about age and politics. Hutchinson contends that aging has had a profound effect on American politics. Finally, he asks whether age would be the deal breaker for Biden in his bid to stay in the Oval Office in 2024.

In Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson examines why many brand driving accidents a public health peril because they pose a greater danger to Blacks and minorities. He details the tortured history of the fight by traffic safety reform advocates and government agencies for greater traffic safety. He assesses the prime causes of the cyclical fall and rise in vehicle deaths. He intersperses his assessment of the post-pandemic driving death surge among Blacks with the case of Nicole Linton. She typifies many of the problems and challenges public, officials, local and national government agencies, law enforcement, and vehicle safety experts face in the ongoing battle to reduce vehicle deaths. Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health presents an eye-opening look at the mounting peril on the roads for Blacks, as well as Latinos, and Native Americans who also have a disproportionate death rate from vehicle accidents as well as many other Americans. It's more. It's also an urgent call for greater action

In Griner, noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson goes beneath the surface in her case. He examines the issues of race, gender, celebrity, the disparities in men's and women's pro sports, politics, and war that are deeply embedded in the Griner saga. Hutchinson places her arrest against the backdrop of the escalation in tensions between Russia and the U.S. over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Hutchinson asks did that make her a political pawn in the jockeying between the two countries over the war as many charged? Griner is a fast, paced, laser look at how one pro basketball player, became for the moment, much more than just a basketball player.

In The Chokehold, political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson details the controversy over police and civilian use of chokeholds, how the courts, the police and the public view the use of chokeholds, and the always lurking issue of racial bias in its use. Hutchinson asks, is it a legitimate tactic to protect, or a deadly cause of physical mayhem. The Chokehold confronts that challenging and troubling question.

"In his 1970 book The Myth of Black Capitalism, Earl Ofari Hutchinson laid out a rigorous challenge to the presumption that capitalism, in any shape or form, has the potential to rectify the stark injustices endured by Black people in America. Ofari engaged in a diligent historical review of the participation of African Americans in commercial activity in this capitalist country, demonstrating conclusively that the creation of a class of Black capitalists failed to ameliorate the extreme inequity faced by African Americans. Even "Buy Black" campaigns which aimed to "keep resources in the community," he showed, reinforced a Black bourgeoisie which often enough exploited the Black underclass to increase their own wealth. Whether Black capitalists dared to go up against, or merely tried to find their place amongst, giant monopoly corporations, Ofari argued they would make little substantive progress in the lives of Black people. And whether calls for "Black capitalism" came from within the Black Power movement for Black economic autonomy, or were appropriated by the old-line Black elite, in the end the promotion of the myth of "black capitalism" was a project of the Black elite which solely served the interests of the capitalist managerial class"--