David H. Ikard

Blinded by the Whites (eBook, ePUB)

Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America

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Produktbeschreibung

The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. David H. Ikard addresses these issues in an effort to give voice to the challenges faced by most African Americans and to make legible the shifting discourse of white supremacist ideology-including post-racialism and colorblind politics-that frustrates black self-determination, agency, and empowerment in the 21st century. Ikard tackles these concerns from various perspectives, chief among them black feminism. He argues that all oppressions (of race, gender, class, sexual orientation) intersect and must be confronted to upset the status quo.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253011039
• Artikelnr.: 39576338

Autorenporträt

David H. Ikard is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Miami and author of Breaking the Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism and (with Martell Lee Teasley) Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama's Post-Racial America (IUP, 2012). His blog "Nation of Cowards" (nationofcowards.blogspot.com) takes up contemporary racial topics and engages a wider intellectual and activist community.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hidden In Plain Sight: What Does Black Empowerment in the
Twenty-First Century Look Like?
1. White Supremacy Under Fire: The Unrewarded Perspective in Edward P.
Jones's The Known World
2. Easier Said than Done: Making Black Feminism Transformative for Black
Men
3. All Joking Aside: Black Men, Sexual Assault, and Displaced Racial Angst
in Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle
4. Boys to Men: Getting Personal about Black Manhood, Sexuality, and
Empowerment
5. Rejecting Goldilocks: The Crisis of Normative White Beauty for Black
Girls
6. "Stop Making the Rest of Us Look Bad": How Class Matters in the Attacks
against the Movie Precious
Epilogue: So What Does It All Mean?
Notes
Bibliography
Index