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Title: Distinctive Voice
Review: What struck me about In Search of Black America: Discovering the African American Dream was the author's tone. There is a feeling of treading optimism and genuine concern but not condescension for his subject--the places of black middle class life in the United States. I was reminded of the work of Albert Murray and Anthony Walton's Mississippi in that this book shares a similar impulse to try and understand black middle class life. In Search shows the presence of an author who is questioning but also brings sensitivity without the heavy handedness of a writer focused on elevating or denigrating their subject; one who is genuinely interested in hearing and seeing the people who he writes about.
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