Orlando Patterson

Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard, has worked on race, culture and poverty in the United States and the Caribbean as well as the history of freedom and slavery. He currently directs a collaborative study of African-American youth. His book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1991.

For African-Americans, A Virtual Depression—Why?

For African-Americans, A Virtual Depression—Why? For African-Americans, A Virtual Depression—Why?

Black and white Americans still don't live near each other. Does that account for persistent economic inequality?

Jun 30, 2010 / Feature / Orlando Patterson

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