Tie That Binds Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation

Name: Tie That Binds Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation
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ISBN: 9780814781029

ISBN-10: 0814781020

ISBN-13: 9780814781029

Edition: 1998

Authors: Andrea Y. Simpson

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What does it mean to be black in a nation increasingly infatuated with colorblindness? In The Tie That Binds, Andrea Y. Simpson seeks to answer this crucial question through the prism of ethnic and political identification. Historically, African Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic in governmental elections. In recent years, however, politically conservative blacks--from Clarence Thomas to Louis Farrakhan to Ward Connerlyhave attracted much of the media's gaze. What is the nature of black conservatives' constituency, and is it as strong and numerous as conservatives would have us believe? To what extent, if at all, does black conservatism stem from a weakened sense of collective…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Andrea Y. Simpson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle.



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Conservatives, Part 1: The Republican Race Men



The Conservatives, Part 2: The Traditional Conservatism of the South and the Struggle against Black Stereotypes



Issues of Empowerment and Liability: The Moderates



Identity and Integration: The Liberals



The Tie That Binds and Redeems: Negotiating Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era


Appendix A


Appendix B


Notes


Works Cited


Index


About the Author