{"product_id":"the-good-black-a-true-story-of-race-in-america-paperback","title":"The Good Black: A True Story of Race in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul M. Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Mungin spent his life preparing to succeed in the white world. He looked away from racial inequality and hostility, believing he'd make it if he worked hard and played by the rules. He rose from a Queens housing project to Harvard Law School, and went on to practice law at major corporate firms. But just at the point when he thought he'd make it, when he should have been considered for partnership, he sued his employer for racial discrimination. The firm claimed it went out of its way to help Larry because of his race, while Larry thought he'd been treated unfairly. Was Larry a victim of racial discrimination, or just another victim of the typical dog-eat-dog corporate law culture? A thought-provoking courtroom drama with the fast pace of a commercial novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Black\u003c\/i\u003e asks readers to rethink their ideas about race and is a fascinating look at the inner workings of the legal profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this eloquent and suspenseful work of nonfiction, Paul M. Barrett goes into the minefields of corporate America and inside our legal system to tell the story of one man's journey across racial lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaught to believe that he was \"a human being first, an American second, and a black third\", Larry Mungin grew up with the credo that if you played by the rules, you'd succeed. His pursuit of the American Dream took him from a Queens housing project to Harvard Law School to the Washington, D.C., office of Katten Muchin \u0026amp; Zavis, a blue-chip Chicago law firm, where he worked toward achieving a coveted partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt didn't happen. In the fall of 1994, brushed off by senior partners who weren't even considering him for partnership, Mungin hired an upstart black firm to sue his employer. Katten Muchin \u0026amp; Zavis retaliated by mounting the best defense money could buy. The jury's verdict made headlines from coast to coast; the final ruling on appeal was even more startling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas Mungin a victim of racial discrimination, business-as-usual mismanagement, or changes in the legal marketplace? At once a gripping courtroom drama and an intimate account of the forces that drove one man to risk everything for his ideals, The Good Black challenges us to make up our own minds and to see in Larry Mungin's story the deeper, far-reaching implications of racial discrimination in our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul M. Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant managing editor and senior writer at\u003ci\u003e Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGlock: The Rise of America's Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Black: A True Story of Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e. Barrett lives and works in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.04 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51544471372082,"sku":"9780452278592","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/ix72EdhtfE9780452278592.webp?v=1785927250","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/the-good-black-a-true-story-of-race-in-america-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}