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The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race
Melanye T. Price
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Nearly a week after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, President Obama walked into the press briefing room and shocked observers by saying that Trayvon could have been me. He talked personally and poignantly about his experiences and pointed to intra-racial violence as equally serious and precarious for black boys. He offered no sweeping policy changes or legislative agendas; he saw them as futile. Instead, he suggested that prejudice would be eliminated through collective efforts to help black males and for everyone to reflect on their own prejudices. ... Read more
Nearly a week after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, President Obama walked into the press briefing room and shocked observers by saying that Trayvon could have been me. He talked personally and poignantly about his experiences and pointed to intra-racial violence as equally serious and precarious for black boys. He offered no sweeping policy changes or legislative agendas; he saw them as futile. Instead, he suggested that prejudice would be eliminated through collective efforts to help black males and for everyone to reflect on their own prejudices. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
297g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479819256
SKU
V9781479819256
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About Melanye T. Price
Melanye T. Price is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers-New Brunswick.She is the author of The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race and Dreaming Blackness: Black Nationalism and African American Public Opinion.
Reviews for The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race
With The Race Whisperer Melanye Price has helped decode one of the most enigmatic and complex dynamics of the Obama Presidency. -W. Jelani Cobb,author of The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress Price has written a wonderfully rich treatment of President Barack Obama's rhetoric and his usages of race. It is a highly critical, yet ... Read more