03642nam 2200721 a 450 991046585350332120200520144314.01-282-24197-497866138130910-253-00701-1(CKB)2560000000089491(EBL)816866(OCoLC)821733311(SSID)ssj0000701628(PQKBManifestationID)11470869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701628(PQKBWorkID)10675273(PQKB)11765896(MiAaPQ)EBC816866(MdBmJHUP)muse18234(Au-PeEL)EBL816866(CaPaEBR)ebr10583848(CaONFJC)MIL381309(EXLCZ)99256000000008949120120524d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNation of cowards[electronic resource] black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America /David H. Ikard and Martell Lee TeasleyBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (174 p.)Blacks in the diasporaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00628-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : is America a nation of cowards or has Attorney General Eric Holder lost his mind? -- The teaching moment that never was : Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, and the post-racial dilemma -- "I know what's in his heart" : enlightened exceptionalism and the problem with using Barack Obama as the racial litmus test for Black progress and achievement -- The audacity of Reverend Wright : speaking truth to power in the twenty-first century -- Setting the record straight : why Barack Obama and America cannot afford to ignore a Black agenda -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : Barack Obama, the Black poor, and the problems of racial common sense thinking.In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more-not less-about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama's historic rise to the US presidency and the ever-increasing social and economic instability of African American communities. David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley maintain that such a conversation can take place only with passionate and organized pressure from black Americans, and that neither Obama nor any political figure is likely to be in the foBlacks in the diaspora.African AmericansPolitics and government21st centuryAfrican AmericansSocial conditions21st centuryAfrican AmericansEconomic conditions21st centuryPost-racialismUnited StatesRace awarenessUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-Electronic books.African AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansEconomic conditionsPost-racialismRace awareness305.8/009730905Ikard David1972-875600Teasley Martell L875601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465853503321Nation of cowards1955034UNINA