Race in the Age of Obama: Part 2: Volume 19

Editors:

• Donald Cunnigen
• Marino Bruce

Chapters:

• Race in the Age of Obama: Part 2
• Research in Race and Ethnic Relations
• Race in the Age of Obama: Part 2
• Copyright Page
• List of Contributors
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction

Part I: The Obama Election: How about Positive Movement in America’s Racial Politics

• Sociologists for Obama: Scholarly Activism in a Presidential Campaign
• The Race Problematic in the Age of Barack Obama

Part II: Race and Rights in the Obama Administration

• LGBT Politics and Rights through the Obama Era: President Barack Obama’s Evolution on LGBT Issues
• Racial Justice under President Obama: A Misuse of the Bully Pulpit
• “This Brother Needs Prayer”: An Insider’s Critique on Religion, Race, and President Obama’s Support of Marriage Equality

Part III: Race and Class in the Obama Administration

• Life at the Edge: Precarity and Economic Insecurity in the Obama Era

Part IV: Race and Educational Issues in the Obama Administration

• Understanding the Parent PLUS Loan Debate in the Context of Black Families
• The Racial Framing of the Barack Obama Presidency: A Mixed Methods Analysis of HBCU Student Perceptions

Part V: African Policy in the Obama Administration

• US Africa Policy in the Age of Obama: Change and Continuity in Global Hegemony

Part VI: Race, the Presidency and Popular Culture in the Obama Years

• From Reel to Real: Hollywood Representations of Black Presidents and Reactions to the Obama Presidency
• About the Authors