| Description |
xvi, 346 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-333) and index. |
| Contents |
The burden of representation -- How to be a Black president : "I can't sound like Martin" -- "Invisible man got the whole world watching" : race, bi-race, post-race in the Obama presidency -- Black presidency, Black rhetoric : Pharaoh and Moses speak -- Re-founding father : patriotism, citizenship, and Obama's America -- The scold of Black folk : the bully pulpit and Black responsibility -- Dying to speak of race : policing Black America -- Going Bulworth : Black truth and white terror in the age of Obama -- Amazing grace : Obama's African American theology -- President Obama's speeches and statements on race. |
| Summary |
Michael Eric Dyson delivers a provocative exploration of the politics of race and the Obama presidency. Barack Obama's presidency unfolded against the national traumas of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott. The nation's first African American president was careful to give few major race speeches, yet he faced criticism from all sides, including from African Americans. How has Obama's race affected his presidency and the nation's identity? Dyson explores whether Obama's use of his own biracialism as a symbol has been driven by the president's desire to avoid a painful moral reckoning on race. And he sheds light on identity issues within the black power structure, telling how Obama has spurned traditional black power brokers, significantly reducing their leverage. Perhaps most movingly, Dyson illuminates the transformative moments, especially in his second term, when Obama has publicly embraced his blackness and used it as a powerful lens onto America, black and white. President Obama's own voice--from an Oval Office interview granted to Dyson for the book--along with that of Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, and Andrew Young, among others, adds depth to this tour of the nation's first black presidency.--Adapted from book jacket. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Race -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Race -- Political aspects. |
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Race. |
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Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Racism -- Political aspects. |
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Obama, Barack -- Influence.
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Obama, Barack. |
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African Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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African Americans -- Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Politics and government. |
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Race relations -- Political aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2000 |
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Racism. |
| ISBN |
054438766X hardcover |
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0544811801 trade paperback |
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9780544387669 hardcover |
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9780544811805 trade paperback |
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9780544386426 electronic book |
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