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Book SynopsisBlack Culture and Experience: Contemporary Issues offers a holistic look at Black culture in the twenty-first century. It is a collection of work that creates a synergy among authors and leads to a valuable resource on contemporary issues. Part One examines institutional, societal, and political issues like identity politics; the Rooney Rule; prosperity gospel; inequality in the criminal justice system; the American dream; the future of Black and Africana studies; and President Obama's double consciousness. Part Two investigates social, cultural, and community issues such as the Affordable Care Act; Black women and obesity; Black men's experience in marriage and relationships; sexual decision making; interracial relationships; and cultural racism. Part Three explores media, pop culture, and technology issues including the rise of urban fiction; hip hop and feminism; race in Super Bowl commercials; the construction of Black Diasporic identities; Whiteness in Black-oriented films;
Table of ContentsContents: Venise T. Berry: From Slavery to the Presidency – Tabbye M. Chavous/Seanna Leath/Bridget L. Richardson: Black Racial Identity: Promoting Academic Achievement and Excellence, Resisting Stereotypes, and the Myth of Acting White – John A. Fortunato/Jerome D. Williams: The NFL’s Rooney Rule: A Theoretical Analysis of Its Societal Influence ‒ Kayla Renée Wheeler: In God’s Favor: Prosperity Gospel in the 21st Century ‒ Stephana Colbert: Race and Racism: Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System ‒ LaToya T. Brackett: Attaining Wealth: The African American Struggle for the «American Dream» ‒ De Anna Reese/Malik Simba: Learning from History: Contemporary Issues in Black and Africana Studies – Anita Fleming-Rife: To Form a More Perfect Union: Frames of Double Consciousness in Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s Race Speech – Staja Q. Booker/Tamara A. Baker: Pain, Chronic Disease, and the ACA: Implications for Better Healthcare in the Black Community – E-K Daufin: Big, Black, and Beautiful Women: Health at Every Size Offers a New Paradigm – Armon R. Perry/Derrick R. Brooms/Siobhan E. Smith: Birds of a Feather? Black Men’s Experiences and Behavior in Marriage and Romantic Relationships – Asher Pimpleton/Nikita Murry: Fifty Shades of Brown: Understanding the Social, Sensual, and Sexual Lives of Black American Women – Danielle M. Wallace/Sonja Peterson-Lewis: Interracial Relationships: Attitudes among Heterosexual College-Educated African American Women – William Oliver: Cultural Racism and Violence in African American Communities – Kristina Graaff/Vanessa Irvin: The Rise of Urban Fiction – Donnetrice C. Allison: An Affair to Remember: Hip Hop and the Feminist Perspective – Ernest L. Wiggins/Kenneth Campbell: (Un)Comfortable Contact? Viewing Race and Interaction in 25 Years of Super Bowl Commercials through the Lens of Social Distance – Ilia Rodríguez: The Construction of Black Diasporic Identities in News Discourse on Immigration in the U.S. Black Press – Omotayo O. Banjo: Now You See Me: The Visibility of Whiteness in Black Context Films – Tammie Jenkins: Black Masculinity and Representation in Popular Culture: A Case Study of Quentin Tarantino’s Film Django Unchained – George L. Daniels/Theadoris Morris/Ellisa Bray: Bridging the Digital Divide: The Case of Black Twitter as a 21st-Century Platform for Cultural Expression.
