Black Elephants in the Room Fields Corey D.
Black Elephants in the Room Fields Corey D. What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they Uncle Toms or sellouts, serving as traitors to their race? Are they…
Specifikacia Black Elephants in the Room Fields Corey D.
Black Elephants in the Room Fields Corey D.
What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they Uncle Toms or sellouts, serving as traitors to their race? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all blacks must vote democratic?
Drawing on vivid first-person accounts, the book sheds light on the different ways black identity structures African Americans' membership in the Republican Party. 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. 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