Nation of cowards : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America

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Nation of cowards : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America

Title remainder

black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America

Statement of responsibility

David Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley

Creator

• Ikard, David, 1972-

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• African Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Electronic books
• Obama, Barack -- Relations with African Americans
• African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
• Race awareness -- United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
• United States -- Race relations | Political aspects
• Post-racialism -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more-not less-about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama's historic rise to the US presidency and the ever-increasing social and economic instability of African American communities. David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley maintain that such a conversation can take place only with passionate and organized pressure from black Americans, and that neither Obama nor any political figure is likely to be in the forefront of addressing issues of racial inequality and injustice. The authors caution blacks not to slip into an accommodating and self-defeating "post-racial" political posture, settling for the symbolic capital of a black president instead of demanding structural change. They urge the black community to challenge the social terms on which it copes with oppression, including acts of self-imposed victimization

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

305.8/009730905

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Blacks in the diaspora

Target audience

adult