[Commlist] New Book - Keepin' It Real by Elwood David Watson

https://www.intellectbooks.com/keepin-it-real


Intellect is delighted to announce that Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race 
in Contemporary America <https://www.intellectbooks.com/keepin-it-real> 
by Elwood David Watson is now available.

The past decade has been one of the most racially turbulent periods in 
the modern era, as the complicated breakthrough of the Obama presidency 
gave way to the racially charged campaigning and eventual governing of 
Donald Trump. Keepin' It Real presents a wide-ranging group of essays 
that take on key aspects of the current landscape surrounding racial 
issues in America, including the place of the Obamas, the rise of the 
alt-right and White nationalism, Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick and the 
backlash against his protests, Black Lives Matter, sexual politics in 
the black community and much more.

America's racial problems aren't going away any time soon. Keepin' It 
Real serves as a marker of the arguments raging right now, and an 
argument for the changes that need to be made to become the better 
nation it has long imagined itself to be. *_
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*_Table of Contents_*
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Introduction*
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PART I – THE POLITICS OF WHITELASH*
1. When Racism Hits Close to Home: On Your Campus
2. The 2016 Olympics: The Trilogy of Hypocrisy, Racism, and White Privilege
3. Dylann Storm Roof: The Deranged, Dark Face of White Nationalism
4. Conservatives Still Scapegoating Barack Obama
5. Colin Kaepernick: The Undeniable Reality of American Racial Hypocrisy
6. Birtherism = Bullshit
7. Michelle Obama: Playa Hatin' on the Former First Lady
8. Denial of Supreme Court Seat: One of a Long Line of Racial Slights 
toward Predsident Obama
9. The Intersection of Racial, Gender, and Economic Politics
10. The Alt-Right and the Repulsive Spirit of White Supremacy

*PART II – STAYING WOKE!*
11. Authentically Black: The Debate Lives On
12. Mental Illness: Yes – It Is a Black Thing!
13. Black Lives Matter Too
14. Black History Month: Beyond One Month
15. Message to Starbucks: Tackling Racism Will Require More than a Few 
Hours of Racial Bias Training
16. We Must Focus More on Substantial Issues as Opposed to Fleeting 
Symbolism
17. An Open Letter to Some on the Conservative Right: Slavery Was 
Totally F*cked Up, Period
18. Self-Hatred in the Black Community
19. Rachel Dolezal: The Potential Perversity of White Privilege
20. The Black Community and the Complex Politics of Homophobia
21. Michael Dyson and Cornel West: Much Ado about Ego
22. 1-800-Blame-A-Black-Man
23. Does Black America Deserve Reparations? Yes, Period

*PART III – PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK BODIES*
24. Violence against and Demonisation of Black Women is Often Overlooked
25. Emmett Till: Will Justice Ever Be Served?
26. Stephon Clark, Antwon Rose, Alton Sterling, Philando Castille: The 
Devaluation of Black Bodies
27. John Lewis: An American Icon
28. People of Color: Continually Demeaned, Devalued, and Dehumanized
29. Pepsi Fiasco Demonstrated the Crucial Need for Greater Diversity in 
Corporate America

*PART IV – SOULFUL REFLECTIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT, ICONS, AND CELEBRITY*
30. O.J. Simpson: Still Captivating and Polarizing the Nation
31. Muhammad Ali: Bold, Daring, Authentic, Problematic, and Kept It 100 
Percent Real
32. Bill Cosby: America's Dad Hoodwinked Us
33. Prince: Bold, Daring, Black, and Unapologetically Controversial
34. Jemele Hill Spoke Truth to Power
35. Donald Trump and the NFL: The Politics of White Fragility and White 
Supremacy
36. Bill Maher, and the Nigger-Word Debate
37. Roseanne Barr and the Politics of Right-Wing Hypocrisy
38. Aretha Franklin: Feminist, Activist, Phenomenal Woman
39. Omarosa, Donald Trump, and Unalloyed Racial Bullhorns
40. Why Is the Conservative Right So Obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
41. R. Kelly and the Ongoing Disregard, Devaluation, Denigration and 
Degradation of Black Women
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*Afterword
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Please visit our website for more information: 
https://www.intellectbooks.com/keepin-it-real

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