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Nation of cowards [[electronic resource] ] : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America / / David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley



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Autore: Ikard David <1972-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nation of cowards [[electronic resource] ] : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America / / David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
Disciplina: 305.8/009730905
Soggetto topico: African Americans - Politics and government - 21st century
African Americans - Social conditions - 21st century
African Americans - Economic conditions - 21st century
Post-racialism - United States
Race awareness - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Political aspects
United States Politics and government 2009-
Altri autori: TeasleyMartell L  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 fo
Titolo autorizzato: Nation of cowards  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-24197-4
9786613813091
0-253-00701-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791933403321
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