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Democracy remixed /

While Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, the lived experience of many black youth belie this. Young black Americans today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Cathy J., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Transgressing boundaries.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CHAPTER 1 "My Petition": Black Youth and the Promise of Democratic Citizenship; CHAPTER 2 "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It": Bill Cosby, Don Imus, and Black Moral Panics; CHAPTER 3 "Baby Mama": Black Love, Black Deviance, and the Sexual Politics of Morality; CHAPTER 4 "Minority Report": Kanye West, Barack Obama, and Political Alienation (with Jamila Celestine-Michener); CHAPTER 5 "Fight the Power": From Jena to the White House; CHAPTER 6 "My President Is Black": Barack Obama and the Postracial Illusion; EPILOGUE "A Change Is Gonna Come": Policy and Politics; Appendix A; Notes; Index.