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050 00 E185.615|b.K376 2011 
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100 1  Kennedy, Randall,|d1954- 
245 14 The persistence of the color line :|bracial politics and 
       the Obama presidency /|cRandall Kennedy. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    322 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-303)and 
       index. 
520    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. 
600 10 Obama, Barack. 
650  0 African Americans|xPolitics and government. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xElection|y2008. 
650  0 Racism|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Race awareness|zUnited States|xHistory. 
651  0 United States|xRace relations|xPolitical aspects|xHistory.
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government. 
651  0 United States|xSocial conditions. 
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