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Author Kennedy, Randall, 1954-

Title The persistence of the color line : racial politics and the Obama presidency / Randall Kennedy.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.932 KEN    Storage
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.932 KEN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.932 KEN    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  973.932 KEN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 322 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Tackles hot-button issues: the nature of racial opposition to Obama; whether Obama has any special responsibility to African-Americans; the increasing irrelevance of traditional racial politics and the consequences thereof; electoral politics and cultural chauvinism; black patriotism and its antithesis (essentialism and rebellion); differences between Obama's presentation of himself to blacks and whites and the challenges posed by the dream of a post-racial society; the far from simple symbolism of Obama as leader of the Joshua generation in a country that has elected only three black senators and two black governors. Offers a gimlet eyed view of Obama's triumphs and travails, his strengths and weaknesses, as they pertain to the troubled history of race in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-303)and index.
Subject African Americans -- Politics and government.
Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008.
Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Race awareness -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Social conditions.
ISBN 9780307377890 hardback
030737789X hardback
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