David Ikard: 4 books
by David Ikard
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
In this incredibly timely book, David Ikard dismantles popular white supremacist tropes, which effectively devalue black life and trivialize black oppression. Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs investigates the tenacity and cultural capital of white redemption narratives in literature...
Breaking the Silence
Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? Many black feminists are doubtful. Their skepticism derives in part from a history of explosive encounters with black men who blamed feminism for stigmatizing black men and undermining racial solidarity and in part from a perception...
Blinded by the Whites
Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare...
Nation of Cowards
Black Activism in Barack Obama’s Post-Racial America
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more—not less—about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama’s historic rise to the US presidency and the ever-increasing...