Up against the smoldering violence and passions of the inner city, the journalist, the novelist, and the sociologist skilled in field work give us three very different perspectives on race and urban life today.

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Up against the smoldering violence and passions of the inner city, the journalist, the novelist, and the sociologist skilled in field work give us three very different perspectives on race and urban life today.