In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Harris starts by placing Obama's election within the larger trajectory of the Civil Rights and post-Civil Rights eras, then considers the ramifications of the shift away from an earlier model of black ...
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In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Harris starts by placing Obama's election within the larger trajectory of the Civil Rights and post-Civil Rights eras, then considers the ramifications of the shift away from an earlier model of black politics that concentrated on ending racial inequality. While Harris recognizes the historic nature of Obama's victory, he also reminds us that it has not effaced the bitter legacies stemming from hundreds of years of white supremacy.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones, black & white. Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Blac.
