Meghan A Burke: 2 books
Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party
What the Movement Reflects about Mainstream Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
It has been all too tempting to characterize the Tea Party as an irrational, racist, astro-turf movement composed of members who are working to subvert their own economic interests. Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party reveals a much messier and much more fascinating analysis of this movement....
Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities
Whiteness and the Power of Color-Blind Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
This book makes use of in-depth interviews with the residents most active in shaping the racially diverse urban communities in which they live. As most of them are white and progressive, it provides a unique view into the particular ways that color-blind ideologies work among liberals, particularly...