In his groundbreaking book disintegration pulitzer prize winning columnist eugene robinson argues that over decades of desegregation affirmative action and immigration the concept of black america has shattered instead of one black america now there are four. In disintegration the splintering of black america eugene robinson explains changes to black america over his lifetime and describes the current state of black america he describes black america as four distinct groups mainstream abandoned transcendent and emergent. Disintegration the splintering of black america robinson eugene 9780767929967 books amazonca. Gene robinsons disintegration is the first popular salvo in the age of obama regarding the delicate issues of class division generation gap and elite obsession in black america this painful conversation must continue and we have gene robinson as a useful guide