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The Trouble with Post-Blackness (Paperback)
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The Trouble with Post-Blackness (Paperback)
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An America in which the color of one's skin no longer matters would
be unprecedented. With the election of President Barack Obama in
2008, that future suddenly seemed possible. Obama's rise reflects a
nation of fluid populations and fortunes, a society in which a
biracial individual could be embraced as a leader by all. Yet
complicating this vision are shifting demographics, rapid
redefinitions of race, and the instant invention of brands, trends,
and identities that determine how we think about ourselves and the
place of others. This collection of original essays confronts the
premise, advanced by black intellectuals, that the Obama
administration marked the start of a "post-racial" era in the
United States. While the "transcendent" and post-racial black elite
declare victory over America's longstanding codes of racial
exclusion and racist violence, their evidence relies largely on
their own salaries and celebrity. These essays strike at the
certainty of those who insist that life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness are now independent of skin color and race in America.
They argue, signify, and testify that "post-blackness" is a
problematic mythology masquerading as fact-a dangerous new "race
science" motivated by black transcendentalist individualism.
Through rigorous analysis, these essays expose the idea of a
post-racial nation as a pleasurable entitlement for a black elite,
enabling them to reject the ethics and urgency of improving the
well-being of the black majority.
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