What Obama MeansWhat Obama Means
A cultural analysis of the relevance of Barack Obama's career goes beyond the 2008 election to reveal his impact on American politics and society, explaining how his achievements and popularity reflect a positive convergence of trends, political developments, and market forces.
Asim, author of the acclaimed "The N Word," provides the context needed to understand what the Obama presidency means to Americans of all backgrounds, showing how African American performers, athletes, rhetoricians, and leaders laid the groundwork for Obama and how Obama turned the old civil-rights model of African American leadership on its head.
In this book, Asim considers what the Obama presidency means for American culture. He discusses how leaders like Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and individuals in the US government laid the foundation for Obama's success, how black performers and athletes such as Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan helped pave the way, and how Sidney Poitier and other actors made an impact. He then describes how the Obama campaign grew from the ground up, and the promise his presidency holds. There is no index or bibliography. Asim is the author of The N Word, and editor in chief of The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
&;Provocative and compelling.&;
 &;New York Newsday
 
&;Both entertaining and insightful.&;
&;Washington Post Book World
&;It should be on the required reading list.&;
 &;Chicago Sun-Times
 
What Obama Means by Jabari Asim, renowned cultural critic and author of The N Word, is a timely and sharp analysis of how the &;Obama phenomenon&; exhibits progress in American politics and society. A frequent guest and commentator on &;The Colbert Report,&; &;The Today Show,&; NPR&;s &;Diane Rehm Show&; and many other media programs, Asim also examines how cultural and political forces led to the watershed 2008 presidential election while indicating what the election means for every American.  
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- New York : William Morrow, c2009.
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