Hot Topics: Race and Politics in the USA: Political Aspects

"Anger is a powerful mobilizing force in American politics on both sides of the political aisle, but does it motivate all groups equally? This book offers a new conceptualization of anger as a political resource that mobilizes black and white Americans differentially to exacerbate political inequality.--Pointing to black Americans' tempered expectations of politics and the stigmas associated with black anger, it shows how race and lived experience moderate the emergence of emotions and their impact on behavior. The book makes multiple theoretical contributions and offers important practical insights for political strategy"

"Powerful, searing, and sobering, Dying of Whiteness ultimately demonstrates just how much white America would benefit by emphasizing cooperation, rather than chasing false promises of supremacy"--Publisher's description.

Description: "The white man's mission" : John W. Burgess and the Columbia School of Political Science -- "All things lawful are not expedient" : the American Political Science Association considers Jim Crow -- Twentieth-century problems : administering an American empire -- The Journal of Race Development : evolution and uplift -- Laying specters to rest : political science encounters the Boasian critique of racial anthropology -- Finding new premises : race science, philanthropy, and the institutional establishment of political science.

Description: Foreword by Austin Channing Brown -- Preface -- The law of timing -- The making of an activist -- What called you forth? -- When politics becomes personal -- Palace living -- The prophetic power of lament -- What's going on? -- Healing the disconnection -- Breaking our silence -- Intercessors for justice -- Speaking truth to power -- The reconciling power of women -- Conclusion: Seizing our moment of destiny.
"Brenda Salter McNeil offers a distinctly Christian framework for addressing systemic injustice, inspiring readers to challenge the status quo in racial reconciliation"--
McNeil offers a distinctly Christian framework for addressing systemic injustice. Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, she challenges us to be everyday activists who become courageous enough to break the silence. By working together, we can repair the broken systems of injustice.