Embodying the White Racial Frame: The (In)Significance of Barack Obama.

Immediately after Obama's election, within both popular and scholarly discourse, claims that his election signified a post-racial America emerged. In this paper we examine these claims by situating Barack Obama's path to the presidency within the context of the post-civil rights politics of race. We...

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Published in:Journal of Race & Policy (Old Dominion University) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 123 - 139
Main Authors: Moore, Wendy Leo, Bell, Joyce M.
Format: Article
Published: Old Dominion University, Consortium for Research on Race, Diversity & Policy May2010
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