| Contents |
Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century -- Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology -- Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race -- Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary -- The trope of race in Obama's America -- Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle -- In defense of the white nation: the modern conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary nationalism -- Racial politics under the first Black president. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-205) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011020456 |
| ISBN | 9780814752975 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814752977 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814752982 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814752985 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
