The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century

by Catherine R. Squires

Book Overview

Despite claims from
pundits and politicians that we now live in a post-racial America, people seem
to keep finding ways to talk about race--from celebrations of the inauguration
of the first Black president to resurgent debates about police
profiling, race and racism remain salient features of our world. When faced
with fervent anti-immigration sentiments, record incarceration rates of Blacks and
Latinos, and deepening socio-economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814770606
• ISBN13: 9780814770603
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"