Black Elephants in the Room (eBook)

The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans

Corey D. Fields (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
296 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96550-8 (ISBN)

Infos

What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all blacks must vote democratic? Are they Uncle Toms or sellouts, serving as traitors to their race? What is it really like to be a black person in the Republican Party? Black Elephants in the Room considers how race structures the political behavior of African American Republicans and discusses the dynamic relationship between race and political behavior in the purported ';post-racial' context of US politics. Drawing on vivid first-person accounts, the book sheds light on the different ways black identity structures African Americans membership in the Republican Party. Moving past rhetoric and politics, we begin to see the everyday people working to reconcile their commitment to black identity with their belief in Republican principles. And at the end, we learn the importance of understanding both the meanings African Americans attach to racial identity and the political contexts in which those meanings are developed and expressed.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. From Many to Few
2. Beyond Uncle Tom
3. Race Doesn’t Matter
4. Black Power through Conservative Principles
5. Like Crabs in a Barrel
6. Whither the Republican Party
Conclusion

Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: African American • african american identity • african american issues • african american republican • American Politics • black conservative • black identity • black Republicans • Conservative • Daily Life • Democrats • first person • political behavior • political issues • Political parties • post racial • Race • Race Traitor • racial identity • Republican Party • True story • uncle tom • Voting
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96550-7 / 0520965507
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96550-8 / 9780520965508