{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-the-color-line-racial-politics-and-the-obama-presidency-9780307455550","title":"The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"provocative and richly insightful new book\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that gives us a shrewd and penetrating analysis of the complex relationship between the first black president and his African-American constituency. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned for his insightful, common-sense critiques of racial politics, Randall Kennedy now tackles such hot-button issues as the nature of racial opposition to Obama; whether Obama has a singular responsibility to African Americans; the differences in Obama's presentation of himself to blacks and to whites; the challenges posed by the dream of a post-racial society; the increasing irrelevance of a certain kind of racial politics and its consequences; the complex symbolism of Obama's achievement and his own obfuscations and evasions regarding racial justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEschewing the critical excesses of both the left and the right, Kennedy offers an incisive view of Obama's triumphs and travails, his strengths and weaknesses, as they pertain to the troubled history of race in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randall Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.25w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307455550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his law degree from Yale. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and is a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRace, Crime, and the Law, \u003c\/i\u003ea winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award;\u003ci\u003e Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption; Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word;\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332430397555,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f2cb19a1-2554-48e5-8c29-12cf619c9c68.jpg?v=1754656904","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-persistence-of-the-color-line-racial-politics-and-the-obama-presidency-9780307455550","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}