Summary
David Hilfiker has committed his life, both as a writer and a doctor, to people in need, writing about the urban poor with whom he’s spent all his days for the last two decades. In Urban Injustice, he explains in beautiful and simple language how the myth that the urban poor siphon off precious government resources is contradicted by the facts, and how most programs help some of the people some of the time but are almost never sufficiently orchestrated to enable people to escape the cycle of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583226070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583226079 |
| Author: | David Hilfiker |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 158 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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“Hilfiker knows a good deal about an America about which most folks in this nation have very little real knowledge, other than disturbing stereotypes, clich
“Hilfiker knows a good deal about an America about which most folks in this nation have very little real knowledge, other than disturbing stereotypes, clichés, and misinformation… . It is a welcome addition to a field that may, indeed must, one day spark change.” –Mumia Abu-Jamal “Quietly compelling, level headed, yet surprisingly disturbing—and extremely useful book because it spurs us to look past the frozen landscape of U.S. apartheid’s present boundaries and imagine a transformed scenario… . I am deeply grateful to the author for the hope and guidance of this book.” –Jonathan Kozol
About The Author
David Hilfiker
Physician and writer DAVID HILFIKER, M.D. has committed his life to social justice in the practice of his two professions. In 1983, after seven years as a rural physician in north-eastern Minnesota, he moved to Washington, D.C., to practice medicine in the center of the city at Christ House, a medical recovery shelter for homeless men, where he and his family also lived. In 1990, he cofounded Joseph’s House, a community and hospice for formerly homeless men dying with AIDS. He lived there for three years, and continues to work there today.
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