Gail Garfield

Tightrope (eBook, PDF)

A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama explores race and politics in the United States, addressing racial inequalities and injustices that have led to a point in history where, seemingly improbably, Americans have elected (and re-elected) a black man as president. We, as a nation, have taken precarious steps to arrive at the age of Obama, while remaining steeped in contradictions. Our steps on this racial tightrope are a work in progress-a history in the making-that will largely influence who we are and who we hope to become as Americans. Gail Garfield retraces our steps along this wavering racial tightrope, weaving in her own experiences, including her childhood in the Jim Crow south, with the nation's broader racial history to trace the remarkable shift in America's racial landscape. The divergent steps we have taken, teetering between regressive and progressive racial politics, between stifling continuity and meaningful change, have led us to where we now tread as a nation, in this new Age of Obama. The halting, swaying missteps created by racial fears, hatred, and anger reveal the important imprints of separation and difference, and the bold, assured steps open up possibilities for inclusion, acceptance, and belonging. Tightrope challenges readers to reflect on their own steps on the racial tightrope and to ask basic questions about racial identity and progress in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216318101
• Artikelnr.: 74844287

Autorenporträt

Gail Garfield is associate professor of sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. As an advocate for poor women and children, Garfield has been active in efforts to reshape social policies and practices in the areas of child welfare, public housing, foster care, drug treatment for women, and violence against women. She is the author of two books, including Through Our Eyes: African American Men's Experiences of Race, Gender, and Violence.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1: Who Am I? Race and Family Relations 2: Who Were We? Race
Relations in the Jim Crow South 3: Who Were We Becoming? The Civil Rights
Era 4: Are We Apart of Each Other? Integration and Inclusion 5: Are We
Different, Yet The Same? A Multicultural World 6: Who Is Included and Who
Belongs? Sharing Ambiguous Space Epilogue: The Age of Obama