RACE AND THE NAMING OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Book Review........................................ RACE & THE NAMING OF THE WHITE HOUSE - A TIMELY BOOK REVIEW SYSTEMS in 1992. It was written by a young graduate scholar, David L. Hancock, a student at the University of Wisconsin. With the USA having to decide whether to vote for a Black Candidate, Barack Obama, or a White Candidate, John McCain, this is a timely book. The research is astounding, as all research must be, when the white institutions give their highest degree to a Black Student. This book is a must read for black people. Not only does it give the history of why the house name was changed from “President’s House” to “White House” – in order the do the job correctly, the condition of Black people during the periods is told. Mr. Hancock says: “My research will show that the use of the term, the White House, was a statement of natural purpose, an expression of national identity. It told whites about the direction of American social and political life, where they stood, and their identity as Americans. “For Blacks and other nonwhites,” he continues, “the term, the White House stood as a symbolic barrier whose intent was to keep them outside of the American mainstream. It aimed to prevent Blacks and other non-whites from becoming “civilized,” from ascending to the level of whites, and from claiming equality with them.” …………………………………………………………. Race and the Naming of the White House is 5 1/2 X 8 X ½, trade paperback, 100 pages: $8.00 retail, plus $5.00 for shipping and handling: KHABOOKS – P. O. Box 620721 buy1@khabooks.com – (704) 277-1462.… Added by Khalifah at 4:36pm on September 7, 2008