Repositioning Race : Prophetic Research in a Postracial Obama Age.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Repositioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Postracial Obama Age -- 'Good News' and 'Bad News': Repositioning Race Prophetically -- Scholarship on Race, Racism, and Race Matters -- Black Sociologists and the Critical Tradition -- Volume's Format: Race Matters Past, Present, and Future -- References -- Part I: The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Prophetic Race Theory: Cultivating Leadership -- Chapter 1: Race Matters in "Postracial" OBAMERICA and How to Climb Out of the Rabbit Hole -- The "Postracial" Obamerica Moment -- Race Matters in 'Postracial' Obamerica -- Racial Trends in the Postracial (White) Academy -- What Is to Be Done in the Nation as Well as in Sociological Obamerica? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Am I My Brother's and My Sister's Keeper? W. E. B. Du Bois's New Talented Tenth -- Henry L. Morehouse's Tenth Man -- 'The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men' -- 'These criticisms [are] not fair to my meaning' -- 'Doctrine of the Guiding Hundredth' -- 'Am I my Brother's and my Sister's keeper?' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Blackening Up Critical Whiteness: Dave Chappelle as Critical Race Theorist -- Critical Race Theory, Whiteness, and Literature on Race -- The Beginnings of Dave Chappelle and Chappelle's Show -- Data and Method of Analysis -- Illustrating Whiteness Theory: Chappelle's Show -- Sketch 1: 'Frontline: Clayton Bigsby' -- Sketches 2 and 3: 'Reparations 2003' and 'Racial Draft' -- Sketch 3: 'Trading Spouses' -- Conclusion: Contemporary Critiques of Whiteness -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Daily Experiences and Implications of the Postracial Obama Age -- References -- Chapter 4: Race, the Great Recession, and the Foreclosure Crisis: From American Dream to Nightmare -- From Recession to Depression?.

From American Dream to Nightmare? -- Contours of the Mortgage Crisis: The Reality of Real Estate 101 -- National Policy Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis -- Who Experienced Foreclosure? Groups Most Affected -- Poverty and Income Differentials -- Loss of Health Insurance -- Strategies and Solutions: Combating the Mortgage Crises -- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: What's Next? -- References -- Chapter 5: Black Experiences, White Experiences: Why We Need a Theory of Systemic Racism -- Race Theories and Concepts: The White Racial Frame -- The White Racial Frame Detailed -- Race and Racism on College Campuses -- Methodology: Studying Controversial Issues -- Black Students: Views and Experiences at HWCUs -- White Students Views about Black Students and HBCUs -- Conclusion: Accurately Understanding and Describing Racism -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Diasporic Black Identities in International Contexts -- References -- Chapter 6: Contextualizing "Race" in the Dominican Republic: Discourses on Whitening, Nationalism and Anti-Haitianism -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: "U.S. Blacks are beautiful but Brazilian Blacks are not racist": Brazilian Return Migrants' Perceptions of U.S. and Brazilian Blacks -- Theoretical Background -- Race in Brazil and the United States -- Brazilian Immigration to the United States -- U.S. Racial Conceptions among Brazilian Immigrants -- Data and Methods -- Results: Brazilian Immigrant Experiences and Views -- 'U.S. Blacks are beautiful': Comparing U.S. and Brazilian Blacks' Socioeconomic Positions -- '. . . But Brazilian Blacks aren't racist': Comparing Brazilian and U.S. Blacks' Racial Attitudes -- Discussion and Conclusion: The Future of Studies on Brazilian Immigrants -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Africa Speaks: The "Place" of Africa in Constructing African American Identity in Museum Exhibits.

Africa, African Americans, and Museums -- Museums, Identity Construction, and the Racialization Process -- Collective Memory and Museums -- Studying Black-Centered Museums: Methodologies, Data, and Analysis -- Findings: Placing Africa in Black-Centered Museums -- Space Usage and Identity Formation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Epilogue: Back to the Future of Race Studies: A New Millennium Du Boisian Mode of Inquiry -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Examines the progress of and obstacles faced by African Americans in twenty-first-century America.

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