Matthew Hughey: 3 books
The Wrongs of the Right
Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
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...
White Bound
Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition—us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently...
12 Angry Men
True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
“Beautifully written, painfully honest” first-person accounts of racial profiling, as experienced by a dozen black men from all over America (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow).
In an era of contentious debate about controversial police practices and, more broadly, the significance...