“At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race

by Enid Lynette Logan

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Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century -- Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology -- Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race -- Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary -- The trope of race in Obama's America -- Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle -- In defense of the white nation: the modern show more conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary nationalism -- Racial politics under the first Black president. show less

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324.973Society, government, & culturePolitical sciencePolitics & ElectionsBiography And HistoryNorth AmericaUnited States
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JK526Political SciencePolitical institutions and public administration (United States)Political institutions and public administrationUnited StatesGovernment. Public administrationExecutive branch
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