{"product_id":"not-in-our-lifetimes-michael-c-dawson-9780226705347","title":"Not in Our Lifetimes: The Future of Black Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor all the talk about a new postracial America, the fundamental realities of American racism-and the problems facing black political movements-have not changed. Michael C. Dawson lays out a nuanced analysis of the persistence of racial inequality and structural disadvantages, and the ways that whites and blacks continue to see the same problems-the disastrous response to Katrina being a prime example-through completely different, race-inflected lenses. In fact, argues Dawson, the new era heralded by Barack Obama's election is \u003ci\u003emore\u003c\/i\u003e racially complicated, as the widening class gap among African Americans and the hot-button issue of immigration have the potential to create new fissures for conservative and race-based exploitation. Through a thoughtful analysis of the rise of the Tea Party and the largely successful \"blackening\" of President Obama, Dawson ultimately argues that black politics remains weak-and that achieving the dream of racial and economic equality will require the sort of coalition-building and reaching across racial divides that have always marked successful political movements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polemical but astute, passionate but pragmatic, \u003ci\u003eNot in Our Lifetimes\u003c\/i\u003e forces us to rethink easy assumptions about racial progress-and begin the hard work of creating real, lasting change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael C. Dawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022670534X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226705347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Michael C. Dawson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47420257599743,"sku":"9780226705347","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99ad4084-1628-4748-b05f-7f492613f0a5.jpg?v=1761525934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-in-our-lifetimes-michael-c-dawson-9780226705347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}