8.2 /10 1 Votes
Language English Media type Print ISBN 978-0-87286-500-6 Publisher City Lights Bookstore OCLC 261176371 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Publication date 2009 Pages 159 Originally published 2009 Page count 159 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Barack Obama, racism in the United States Similar Tim Wise books, Social group books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Between barack and a hard place challenging racism privilege and denial in the age of obama
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama is a non-fiction book by the anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise, published by City Lights in 2009.
Contents
- Between barack and a hard place challenging racism privilege and denial in the age of obama
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- Critical reception
- References
In the book Wise argues that the election of Barack Obama did not signal the end of racism in America, writing that his political success could instead "deepen the denial in which so much of the white public has been embedded for generations."
Between barack and a hard place challenging racism privilege and denial in the age of obama 2
Critical reception
Adam Bradley from The Washington Post stated that "the punning title of [Wise's] book, Between Barack and a Hard Place, belies the sobering material within. Wise paints a stark picture of racial inequality in the United States today. . . .Wise's short book reads like an old-school polemic: Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' for the 21st century. . . . A post-racial United States is an imagined country." Referring to Wise's background as an educator, Media Mouse points to how Wise's book "continues the excellent work around the issue of White Privilege that Wise has pounded home in his books, articles, and public talks across the country."