This book is the first in-depth examination of the 25 million
Americans with the most intense hatred of President Obama-arguably
the most Republican-friendly of recent Democratic presidents-and
what the mindsets of these "Obama Haters" teach us about race and
ethnicity in America today. Despite the fact that President Obama
was raised by a white mother and white grandparents, and has two
degrees from Ivy League universities, he has still been subject to
intense racial hatred from a large number of Americans. Even after
Obama's presidency, the "Obama Haters"-and their xenophobia,
Islamophobia, and racism-will continue to shape American politics.
America is certainly not post-racial, argues author Algernon
Austin, PhD, a noted sociologist and author on racial issues who
consults on race, politics, and economics in Washington, DC. In
this book, he uses the Obama Haters as an appropriate jumping-off
point to consider what strategies might begin to reduce racial
animosity in the United States-a real concern, considering that
demographic trends are likely to exacerbate and escalate race-based
hatred in our society. Austin sets the stage for the discussion by
establishing that President Obama is hardly liberal in the eyes of
liberal political activists, raising the question of why Obama is
so intensely hated by some conservatives. He then compares the
views of the Obama Haters-estimated to be some 25 million
strong-with conservatives, moderates, and liberals who are not
Obama Haters. The author shows how the Obama Haters are distinctly
more xenophobic, Islamophobic, and racist than political
conservatives who are not Obama Haters, underscoring the fact that
the Obama Haters are motivated by more than just conservatism.
Offers a critique of Obama from the left on his health insurance
reform, judicial and political appointments, civil liberties
policies, educational reforms, and strategy for dealing with
African American concerns Presents hard data showing that Obama
Haters are so extreme in their conservatism and in their
anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, and anti-black attitudes that in
comparison, Tea Party supporters appear to be moderate Boldly
identifies strategies for dealing with white racial anxiety about a
diversifying America Provides empirically derived estimates of the
percentage of the American public with strong anti-black,
anti-Latino, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim attitudes
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