{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-postblackness-9780231169349","title":"The Trouble with Post-Blackness","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn America in which the color of ones skin no longer matters would be unprecedented. With the election of President Barack Obama in 2008  that future suddenly seemed possible. Obamas rise reflects a nation of fluid populations and fortunes  a society in which a biracial individual could be embraced as a leader by all. Yet complicating this vision are shifting demographics  rapid redefinitions of race  and the instant invention of brands  trends  and identities that determine how we think about ourselves and the place of others.  This collection of original essays confronts the premise  advanced by black intellectuals  that the Obama administration marked the start of a \"post-racial\" era in the United States. While the \"transcendent\" and post-racial black elite declare victory over Americas longstanding codes of racial exclusion and racist violence  their evidence relies largely on their own salaries and celebrity. These essays strike at the certainty of those who insist that life  liberty  and the pursuit of happiness are now independent of skin color and race in America. They argue  signify  and testify that \"post-blackness\" is a problematic mythology masquerading as facta dangerous new \"race science\" motivated by black transcendentalist individualism. Through rigorous analysis  these essays expose the idea of a post-racial nation as a pleasurable entitlement for a black elite  enabling them to reject the ethics and urgency of improving the well-being of the black majority.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67900359606325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231169345","price":80.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231169349.jpg?v=1793807524","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-postblackness-9780231169349","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}