Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural Conservatism in America

The first comparative analysis of minority conservatism

In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Angela Dillard offers the first comparative analysis of a conservatism which today cuts across the boundaries of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.

To be an African-American and a conservative, or a Latino who is also a conservative and a homosexual, is to occupy an awkward and contested political position. Dillard explores the philosophies, politics, and motivation of minority conservatives such as Ward Connerly, Glenn Loury, Linda Chavez, Clarence Thomas, and Bruce Bawer, as well as their tepid reception by both the Left and Right. Welcomed cautiously by the conservative movement, they have also frequently been excoriated by those African Americans, Latinos, women, and homosexuals who view their conservatism as betrayal.

Dillard's comprehensive study, among the first to take the history and political implications of multicultural conservatism seriously, is a vital source for understanding contemporary American conservatism in all its forms.

Author: Angela D. Dillard
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 02/11/2002
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780814719404

About the Author
Dillard, Angela D.: - Angela D. Dillard is Assistant Professor of History and Politics at the Gallatin School at New York University.