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In Defense of Uncle Tom: Why Blacks Must Police Racial Loyalty
Brando Simeo Starkey
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Description for In Defense of Uncle Tom: Why Blacks Must Police Racial Loyalty
paperback. This book shadows the usage of 'Uncle Tom' to understand how social norms associated with the phrase were constructed and enforced. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510.
'Uncle Tom' is the most piercing epithet blacks can hurl at one another. It marks targets as race traitors, and that painful stain is often permanent. Much more than a slur, Uncle Tom is a vital component of a system of social norms in the black community that deters treachery. In this book, Brando Simeo Starkey provocatively argues that blacks must police racial loyalty and that those successfully prosecuted must be punished with the label Uncle Tom. This book shadows Uncle Tom throughout history to understand how these norms were constructed, disseminated, applied, and enforced. Why were Martin Luther King, ... Read more
'Uncle Tom' is the most piercing epithet blacks can hurl at one another. It marks targets as race traitors, and that painful stain is often permanent. Much more than a slur, Uncle Tom is a vital component of a system of social norms in the black community that deters treachery. In this book, Brando Simeo Starkey provocatively argues that blacks must police racial loyalty and that those successfully prosecuted must be punished with the label Uncle Tom. This book shadows Uncle Tom throughout history to understand how these norms were constructed, disseminated, applied, and enforced. Why were Martin Luther King, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107668348
SKU
V9781107668348
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About Brando Simeo Starkey
Brando Simeo Starkey is a writer and scholar. He holds degrees from Ohio State University and Harvard Law School. He was a postgraduate Research Fellow at Harvard Law and a Constance Baker Motley Fellow at the Equal Justice Society, and he previously taught law at Villanova Law School and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
Reviews for In Defense of Uncle Tom: Why Blacks Must Police Racial Loyalty
'In Defense of Uncle Tom is a bracing, brilliant and provocative analysis of how black folk have identified race traitors and enforced healthy social norms to protect ourselves. Starkey takes no prisoners as he names and names and argues forcefully for us to continue the art of policing black racial loyalty - while skillfully dividing the wheat of legitimate charges ... Read more