y. He ends his book with a powerful quote. After completing a conversation with a man he knows in a bookstore, he states after some discourse, “When we stop trying to feel good about ourselves, or to increase our power by asserting our innocence, we begin to look for answers by searching for truth.” Slims Table is all about this quote. Mitchell Duneier felt it was time to search for the truth in regards to the black working class. He wanted to try and address the long-term myths about them, and although he conceded that he may not have gotten the whole picture, after all it would be pretty hard to; he truly did feel that his work allowed people to see what the black working man, living in a ghetto, is all about.Slims TableUnderstanding The Life Of A Working Class Black Man...
