Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, January 1st, 2000
Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media. Pamela Newkirk. NY: New York University Press, 2000. 253 pp.
The double-consciousness concept defined by W.E.B. DuBois almost a century ago is the paradigm used here to depict the dilemma of black journalists practicing their craft in mainstream U.S. newsrooms. With a Foreword by activist law-professor Derrick Bell, seven chapters, an index and a timeline, the text is supported with extensive research, countless surveys, and at least thirty personal interviews conducted by the author, who is a veteran reporter and assistant professor of journal...
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