Demystifying Bigotry II

About the Book

For many Americans, bigotry and white privilege are simply some things they read or hear about but never seem to experience on a personal level. Many have heard our society described as an ethnically diverse society but never really paid any attention to that diversity. Often when people hear about social injustices committed against American citizens, the sentiment “they probably deserved it” often comes to their minds without much thought. For all the people that fit into any of the aforementioned categories, this book serves as an introduction to ethnic bigotry as it exists in everyday life in America. The majority of the blog selections in this book are discussions, reactions, or analysis of occurrences in everyday America that lend themselves to an insight/interest into bigotry and the attitudes, ideas, and behavior that accompany it. Regardless of the conflicts in the selections, the conclusions are generally optimistic.

About the Author

Dr. Paul R. Lehman, graduated from Fredrick Douglass High School, Oklahoma City, in 1959, earned a Ph.D. from Lehigh University, 1976. He is a university Professor Emeritus in the department of English, and a former Dean of the Graduate College, at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was also a former CBS (affiliate) News Anchor, Journalist, Producer, and Reporter. He is widowed (wife was Marion White) with two adult sons, both with doctoral degrees; his older son Christopher is a professor in Ethnic Studies at St. Cloud State University (MN). His youngest son Jeffrey, a music educator, performer and conductor, is presently living and working in Fairfax, VA. His teaching experience spans a wide range of subjects including American Literature, Ethnic American Literature, African American Literature, Short Stories, American Fiction, Contemporary Themes as Literature, Chaucer, and English Grammar and Composition. He has lectured throughout the state of Oklahoma as well as in other states across America. He has published scholarly books, scholarly and creative articles, poetry, short stories, interviews, books, and numerous book reviews. Other recent publications include: Demystifying Bigotry; The System of European American (white) Supremacy and African American (black) Inferiority; Flannery O’Connor: Southern Racial Culture and African American Characters; America’ Race Matters: Returning the Gifts of Race and Color; America’s Race Problem: A Practical Guide to Understanding Race in America; The Development of a Black Psyche in the Works of John Oliver Killens; The Making of the Negro in Early American Literature. He is active in both academic and community service focusing on topics involving cultural biases and implicit biases. Dr. Lehman also writes the blog: americasraceproblems@wordpress.com CONTACT INFORMATION www.paulrlehman.com or pmlehman@cox.net or (405) 3418773