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Kirk A. Johnson - African American Tea Party Supporters, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

African American Tea Party Supporters

Explaining a Political Paradox

Av Kirk A. Johnson

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To their critics who celebrated the election of America’s first African American president, black Tea Party supporters are self-loathing race traitors. In African American Tea Party Supporters: Explaining A Political Paradox, Kirk A. Johnson interviews thirty elected officials, radio personalities, military veterans, and other black Tea Partyers to reveal a group with deep regard for African Americans—and even for Barack Obama—but also divergent perspectives on race, religion, government, and Tea Party racism. Johnson argues when viewed in the context of their family structures and life experiences, black Tea Partyers’ unusual political choices are knowable, understandable, and largely rational.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-09-23
  • Mått: 162 x 228 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 508 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 218
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781498590884
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Kirk A. Johnson is associate professor of sociology and African American studies at the University of Mississippi.

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Why do a very small minority of black Americans support the Tea Party, a movement of agitated white people with suspect and often outwardly racist motives? And should we care? Kirk Johnson seeks an answer by interviewing 30 black Tea Party members and he is surprised by what he finds. This is a brave book. Yes, Johnson exposes more than a bit of misinformation and prejudice. But in his sociological presentation black Tea Party members come alive as mostly nuanced, thoughtful, and principled—and not as racist or duped. This book made me think.

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