UID:
almafu_9959245948602883
Format:
1 online resource (193 p.)
ISBN:
0-253-01103-5
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9780253011039
Series Statement:
Blacks in the Diaspora
Content:
The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. David H. Ikard addresses these issues in an effort to give voice to the challenges faced by most African Americans and to make legible the shifting discourse of white supremacist ideology-including post-racialism and colorblind politics-that frustrates b
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Does Black Empowerment in the Twenty-First Century Look Like?; 1 White Supremacy Under Fire: The Unrewarded Perspective in Edward P. Jones's The Known World; 2 Easier Said Than Done: Making Black Feminism Transformative for Black Men; 3 All Joking Aside: Black Men, Sexual Assault, and Displaced Racial Angst in Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle; 4 Boys to Men: Getting Personal about Black Manhood, Sexuality, and Empowerment; 5 Rejecting Goldilocks: The Crisis of Normative White Beauty for Black Girls
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6 ""Stop Making the Rest of Us Look Bad"": How Class Matters in the Attacks against the Movie PreciousEpilogue: So What Does It All Mean?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-85358-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-01096-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
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