“Be Real Black for Me”: The Icon, Idol, and Incarnation of America's First Black President

This article explores the manner in which the Obama presidency, as generated presentation and interrogation of Blackness, was meant to reify Blackness and fix it in ways that generate Black hope and White hate. It explores the manner in which Obama has come to both symbolize and challenge notions of...

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Main Author: Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Black theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-72
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
TK Recent history
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Barack Obama
B Blackness
B Incarnation
B Idol
B Icon
B US presidents
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This article explores the manner in which the Obama presidency, as generated presentation and interrogation of Blackness, was meant to reify Blackness and fix it in ways that generate Black hope and White hate. It explores the manner in which Obama has come to both symbolize and challenge notions of Blackness across the political and racial divide in the U.S.A. wherein White supremacy has become God and acquiescing to it has become our religion.
ISSN:1743-1670
Contains:Enthalten in: Black theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2018.1411752