Examines the coded language of the Republican Party

In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration. Racial meanings are reservoirs rich in political currency, and the race card remains a potent resource for othering the first black president in a context rife with Nativism, xenophobia, white racial fatigue, and serious racial inequality.



Autorentext

Matthew W. Hughey (Author)
Matthew W. Hughey is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption.

Gregory S. Parks (Author)
Gregory S. Parks is Professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is co-author of The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama and The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America?



Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Grand Old Party and African Americans: A Brief Historical Overview
2. Unsweet Tea and Labor Pains: The Tea Party, Birthers, and Obama
3. A Fox in the Idiot Box: Right-Wing Talking Heads
4. Political Party, Campaign Strategy, and Racial Messaging
5. The Social Science of Political Ideology and Racial Attitudes
6. Unconscious Race Bias and the Right: Its Meaning for Law in the Age of Obama
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Authors

Titel
The Wrongs of the Right
Untertitel
Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama
EAN
9780814789247
ISBN
978-0-8147-8924-7
Format
E-Book (epub)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
30.05.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Anzahl Seiten
232
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch