ISBN:
9780199703227
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Series Statement:
Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.23/508996073
Keywords:
African American youth Political activity
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African American youth Social conditions
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African American youth - Political activity
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Electronic books
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United States Race relations
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United States Politics and government
Abstract:
In Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative analysis of the state of black youth in America today. Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking national survey, Cohen focuses on what young black Americans actually experience and think--and underscores the political repercussions. Featuring their stories, she reveals that black youth largely want what most Americans want--a good job, a fulfilling life, safety, respect, and equality. But while members of this generation have much in common with the rest of America, they also believe that equality does not yet exist, at least not in their lives. Many believe that they are treated as second-class citizens. Also, for a significant number the future seems bleak when they look at their neighborhoods, their schools, and even their own lives and choices. Through their words, these young people provide a complex and balanced picture of the intersection of opportunity and discrimination in their lives.
Abstract:
Cover Page -- Preface -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 "My Petition": Black Youth and the Promise of Democratic Citizenship -- Chapter 2 "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It": Bill Cosby, Don Imus, and Black Moral Panics -- Chapter 3 "Baby Mama": Black Love, Black Deviance, and the Sexual Politics of Morality -- Chapter 4 "Minority Report": Kanye West, Barack Obama, and Political Alienation (with Jamila Celestine-Michener) -- Chapter 5 "Fight the Power": From Jena to the White House -- Chapter 6 "My President Is Black": Barack Obama and the Postracial Illusion -- Epilogue "A Change Is Gonna Come": Policy and Politics -- Appendix A -- Notes -- Index.
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=578794
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=578794
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