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The Tie That Binds : Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation.

What does it mean to be black in a nation increasingly infatuated with colorblindness? In The Tie That Binds, Andrea Y. Simpson seeks to answer this crucial question through the prism of ethnic and political identification. Historically, African Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic in gove...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simpson, Andrea Y.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1998.
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Sumario:What does it mean to be black in a nation increasingly infatuated with colorblindness? In The Tie That Binds, Andrea Y. Simpson seeks to answer this crucial question through the prism of ethnic and political identification. Historically, African Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic in governmental elections. In recent years, however, politically conservative blacks--from Clarence Thomas to Louis Farrakhan to Ward Connerly-have attracted much of the media's gaze. What is the nature of black conservatives' constituency, and is it as strong and numerous as conservatives would have us b.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (204 pages)
ISBN:9780814788912
0814788912