On the environmental front, air and water quality has been improving for decades. The United States has never been less racist, less sexist or less homophobic than it is today. (It is against federal law to pay a woman less than a man for the same work. And we have no shortage of tort attorneys.) The average woman in this nation makes less than the average man. But that is not de facto evidence of discrimination. After accounting for vocation, specialization, education, experience and hours worked, the difference between what men and women earn in this country is negligible. Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans today favor gay rights and interracial marriage. No other majority-white country in the world has elected a one-term – much less a two-term – Black president. Sure, we all know people who are racist, sexist or homophobic. But that hardly defines the nation. There is not a grain of truth to this meta-narrative. War and terrorism are on the rise. Violent crime is rampant.Īir and water quality is declining. Greenhouse gas emissions are increasing.Īnd it’s all underpinned by a grossly unfair economic system – called capitalism – based on greed, selfishness and exploitation, where “the fortunate” get rich and everyone else gets poorer. We live in a racist, sexist, homophobic nation during a perilous period of decline. Why do millions of Americans get it so wrong?īecause they fall prey to what I call the “Master Narrative,” a relentlessly negative depiction of the nation promoted by academia, Hollywood and – in particular – the mainstream media. HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service.In my last column, I discussed how the most successful businesspeople and investors have a more accurate view of the world than most of us. HFS provides print and digital distribution for a distinguished list of university presses and nonprofit institutions. MUSE delivers outstanding results to the scholarly community by maximizing revenues for publishers, providing value to libraries, and enabling access for scholars worldwide. Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content, providing access to journal and book content from nearly 300 publishers. With warehouses on three continents, worldwide sales representation, and a robust digital publishing program, the Books Division connects Hopkins authors to scholars, experts, and educational and research institutions around the world. With critically acclaimed titles in history, science, higher education, consumer health, humanities, classics, and public health, the Books Division publishes 150 new books each year and maintains a backlist in excess of 3,000 titles. The division also manages membership services for more than 50 scholarly and professional associations and societies. The Journals Division publishes 85 journals in the arts and humanities, technology and medicine, higher education, history, political science, and library science. The Press is home to the largest journal publication program of any U.S.-based university press. One of the largest publishers in the United States, the Johns Hopkins University Press combines traditional books and journals publishing units with cutting-edge service divisions that sustain diversity and independence among nonprofit, scholarly publishers, societies, and associations.
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