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The Black Presidency - Michael Eric Dyson

By Michael Eric Dyson

Release Date: 2016-02-02

Genre: Political Science

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A provocative and lively examination of the meaning of America's first black presidency, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop.
Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama's identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with raceā€”as the national traumas of Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott have played out during his tenure? What can we learn from Obama's major race speeches about his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes? Dyson explores whether Obama's use of his own biracialism as a radiant symbol has been driven by the president's desire to avoid a painful moral reckoning on race. And he sheds light on identity issues within the black power structure, telling the fascinating story of how Obama has spurned traditional black power brokers, significantly reducing their leverage. 

President Obama's own voiceā€”from an Oval Office interview granted to Dyson for this bookā€”along with those of Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and Maxine Waters, among others, add unique depth to this profound tour of the nation's first black presidency.
 
"Dyson provesā€¦that he is without peer when it comes to contextualizing race in twenty-first-century Americaā€¦ A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand America's racial past, present, and future."ā€”Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning Devil in the Grove
"No one understands the American dilemma of raceā€”and Barack Obama's confounding and yet wondrous grappling with itā€”better than [Dyson.]"ā€”Douglas Blackmon, author of the Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning Slavery by Another Name

The Black Presidency - Michael Eric Dyson

By Michael Eric Dyson

Release Date: 2016-02-02

Genre: Political Science

(0 ratings)
Read Download
A provocative and lively examination of the meaning of America's first black presidency, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop.
Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama's identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with raceā€”as the national traumas of Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott have played out during his tenure? What can we learn from Obama's major race speeches about his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes? Dyson explores whether Obama's use of his own biracialism as a radiant symbol has been driven by the president's desire to avoid a painful moral reckoning on race. And he sheds light on identity issues within the black power structure, telling the fascinating story of how Obama has spurned traditional black power brokers, significantly reducing their leverage. 

President Obama's own voiceā€”from an Oval Office interview granted to Dyson for this bookā€”along with those of Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and Maxine Waters, among others, add unique depth to this profound tour of the nation's first black presidency.
 
"Dyson provesā€¦that he is without peer when it comes to contextualizing race in twenty-first-century Americaā€¦ A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand America's racial past, present, and future."ā€”Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning Devil in the Grove
"No one understands the American dilemma of raceā€”and Barack Obama's confounding and yet wondrous grappling with itā€”better than [Dyson.]"ā€”Douglas Blackmon, author of the Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning Slavery by Another Name

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