E-mail a friendOctober 27, 2005
Social critic Barbara Ehrenreich looks at the white-collar unemployed in her new book, Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. Psychiatrist Dr. Price Cobbs explains "Black Rage."
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich was initially a biologist who earned her Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. She became a political activist during the Vietnam War and has written professionally ever since. Her articles on healthcare, class, families and gender politics have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Magazine and The Progressive. Enrenreich's best-selling book, Nickel and Dimed, described her attempt to live on low-wage jobs. The new sequel, Bait and Switch, looks at the white-collar unemployed.
Dr. Price Cobbs
Dr. Price Cobbs
Psychiatrist Dr. Price Cobbs is an internationally-recognized expert on executive leadership, management development and corporate diversity. He's the co-author of Black Rage and The Jesus Bag, both considered classics in literature about African Americans, and has pioneered methods for studying the psychology of race and gender. He also helms the San Francisco-based consulting firm, Pacific Management Systems. In his memoir, My American Life, Cobbs reflects on his career and chronicles the black experience in America.