Blinded by the Whites : Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America / David H. Ikard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ikard, David, 1972-

Series:

Blacks in the Diaspora

Blacks in the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and race relations--United States.

Mass media and race relations.

African Americans in literature.

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

African Americans.

American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

United States--Race relations--History--21st century.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 b

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 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 PreciousEpilogue: So What Does It All Mean?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253011039

0253011035

OCLC:

858657623