Who we be : the colorization of America

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Label

Who we be : the colorization of America

Title remainder

the colorization of America

Statement of responsibility

Jeff Chang

Creator

• Chang, Jeff

Subject

• Minorities -- United States
• Multiculturalism -- United States
• Post-racialism -- United States
• Cultural pluralism -- United States
• United States -- Population
• United States -- Race relations
• Social change -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Race. A four-letter word. The greatest social divide in American life, a half-century ago and today. During that time, the United States has seen the most dramatic demographic and cultural shift in its history, what can be called the colorization of America. But the same nation that elected its first Black president on a wave of hope--another four-letter word--is still plunged into endless culture wars. How do Americans see race now? How has that changed--and not changed--over the past half-century? After eras framed by words like 'multicultural' and 'post-racial, ' do we see each other any more clearly? From the dream of integration to the reality of colorization, Who We Be remixes comic strips and contemporary art, campus protests and corporate marketing campaigns, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Trayvon Martin, into a powerful, unusual, and timely cultural history of the idea of racial progress. In this follow-up to the award-winning classic Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Jeff Chang brings fresh energy, style, and sweep to the essential American story.--

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Cataloging source

FIE

Dewey number

305.800973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography