LEADER 03139nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910813673803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-76324-5 010 $a9786612763243 010 $a0-19-970322-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016329 035 $a(EBL)578794 035 $a(OCoLC)667822796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416540 035 $a(PQKB)10318802 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC578794 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL578794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10416891 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276324 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016329 100 $a20100108d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy remixed /$fCathy J. Cohen 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 1 $aTransgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-537800-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; CHAPTER 1 "My Petition": Black Youth and the Promise of Democratic Citizenship; CHAPTER 2 "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It": Bill Cosby, Don Imus, and Black Moral Panics; CHAPTER 3 "Baby Mama": Black Love, Black Deviance, and the Sexual Politics of Morality; CHAPTER 4 "Minority Report": Kanye West, Barack Obama, and Political Alienation (with Jamila Celestine-Michener); CHAPTER 5 "Fight the Power": From Jena to the White House; CHAPTER 6 "My President Is Black": Barack Obama and the Postracial Illusion; EPILOGUE "A Change Is Gonna Come": Policy and Politics; Appendix A; Notes; Index 330 $aWhile Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, the lived experience of many black youth belie this. Young black Americans today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack of trust in the government and broader political community. Yet discussions of why this is have been largely anecdotal, often putting the blame on black youth themselves--even when the commentators are also black. Think of the criticisms that Bill Cosby has leveled, for example. In Democracy Remixed, award-win 410 0$aTransgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities 606 $aAfrican American youth$xSocial conditions 606 $aAfrican American youth$xPolitical activity 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAfrican American youth$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aAfrican American youth$xPolitical activity. 676 $a305.23/508996073 700 $aCohen$b Cathy J.$f1961-$01681323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813673803321 996 $aDemocracy remixed$94050673 997 $aUNINA