The rage of a privileged class Book

This book was published about 20 years ago, and a lot of its points are still true. I haven't yet read The End of Anger, but it's next on my list. Ellis Cose describes professional African Americans in all kinds of private sectors, including journalism, to write about how race and resentment over affirmative action continues to impede a national (grown-up and real) discussion about race. What was most memorable for me was the part where Joel Dreyfuss talks about editors' lack of imagination when it comes to the careers of black reporters. But in less than 200 pages, Ellis paints a portrait of a country deeply divided by the notion that its changing and what it means that whites are a statistical minority with a majority of "gatekeeping" positions. I had forgotten a lot of Ed Koch's inflammatory statements, or the David Dinkins era in New York. Really good, discomfiting reading.