Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obanta

摘要

Wise's little book has a big message. Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election has been lauded as signaling the end of racism in America and the fulfillment of Martin Luther King's dream. Wise firmly cautions, "Not so fast!" Race, as a construct for defining difference and as a determinant for inequality, has not disappeared with Obama's election. In fact, Wise explains, Obama's ascension to the presidency reflects a more complex and insidious form of racism.