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The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race

The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race

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General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1479819255
ISBN13: 9781479819256
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: Jul 26 2016
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Nearly a week after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, President Obama walked into the press briefing room and shocked observers by saying that Trayvon could have been me. He talked personally and poignantly about his experiences and pointed to intra-racial violence as equally serious and precarious for black boys. He offered no sweeping policy changes or legislative agendas; he saw them as futile. Instead, he suggested that prejudice would be eliminated through collective efforts to help black males and for everyone to reflect on their own prejudices.

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