{"product_id":"9781496842657-rethinking-racial-uplift","title":"Rethinking Racial Uplift","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era\u003cbr\u003eWhile many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In \u003cem\u003eRethinking Racial Uplift\u003c\/em\u003e, Nigel Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era\u003c\/i\u003e, author Nigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama’s presidency—including Randall Kennedy’s \u003ci\u003eSellout\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Cosby’s and Alvin Poussaint’s \u003ci\u003eCome on People\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/i\u003e—and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called \"postracial\" era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often-ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In \u003ci\u003eRethinking Racial Uplift\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40868281778273,"sku":"9781496842657","price":26.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38261359_c6559634-0719-4721-aeb3-32fbd1bf74c4.jpg?v=1763862746","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781496842657-rethinking-racial-uplift","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}