Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers
Ishmael Reed
(Author)
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Description
Angry and hilarious, this collection of satirical essays about Barack Obama confronts the racial tensions that have dogged the president during his campaign and first year in office. Some of the pieces include "Ma and Pa Clinton Flog Uppity Black Man," "Crazy Rev. Wright," and "Obama Scolds Black Fathers, Gets Bounce in Polls." Previously unpublished material also addresses the controversies around Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tiger Woods.
Product Details
Price
$19.95
$18.55
Publisher
Baraka Books
Publish Date
July 23, 2010
Pages
190
Dimensions
5.38 X 9.26 X 0.61 inches | 0.87 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780981240572
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About the Author
Ishmael Reed is the author of over twenty-five books including Mumbo Jumbo, The Last Days of Louisiana Red, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down and Juice!. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or Neo-Hoodooism as he calls it. Founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley for over thirty years, retiring in 2005. In 2003, he received the coveted Otto Award for political theater.
