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Author Alim, H. Samy, author.

Title Articulate while Black : Barack Obama, language, and race in the U.S / H. Samy Alim and Geneva Smitherman ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 205 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age. Without missing a beat, he often moves between Washington insider talk and culturally Black ways of speaking--as shown in a famous YouTube clip, where Obama declined the change offered to him by a Black cashier in a Washington, D.C. restaurant with the phrase, "Nah, we straight." In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use--and America's response to it. In this eloquently written and powerfully argued book, H. Samy Alim and Geneva Smitherman provide new insights about President Obama and the relationship between language and race in contemporary society. Throughout, they analyze several racially loaded, cultural-linguistic controversies involving the President--from his use of Black Language and his "articulateness" to his "Race Speech," the so-called "fist-bump," and his relationship to Hip Hop Culture. Using their analysis of Barack Obama as a point of departure, Alim and Smitherman reveal how major debates about language, race, and educational inequality erupt into moments of racial crisis in America. In challenging American ideas about language, race, education, and power, they help take the national dialogue on race to the next level. In much the same way that Cornel West revealed nearly two decades ago that "race matters," Alim and Smitherman in this groundbreaking book show how deeply "language matters" to the national conversation on race--and in our daily lives."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Nah, we straight" : Black language and America's first Black president -- A.W.B. (articulate while black) : language and racial politics in the United States -- Makin a way outta no way : the "race speech" and Obama's rhetorical remix -- "The fist bump heard 'round the world'" : how black communication becomes controversial -- "My president's black, my lambo's blue" : hip hop, race, and the culture wars -- Change the game : language, education, and the cruel fallout of racism.
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Subject Obama, Barack -- Language.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Oratory.
Oratory.
Black English -- United States.
Black English.
United States.
Race awareness -- United States.
Race awareness.
African Americans -- Languages.
African Americans -- Languages.
English language -- Social aspects -- United States.
English language -- Social aspects.
Language and education -- United States.
Language and education.
Sociolinguistics -- United States.
Sociolinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smitherman, Geneva, 1940-
Other Form: Print version: Alim, H. Samy. Articulate while Black. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199812967 (DLC) 2012010289 (OCoLC)781077662
ISBN 9780199812974 (electronic book)
0199812977 (electronic book)
9781283848503 (MyiLibrary)
1283848503 (MyiLibrary)
9780199812967 (cloth)
0199812969 (cloth)
9780199812981 (paperback)
0199812985 (paperback)