Search results for ""Author Kirk A. Johnson""
Springer Verlag, Singapore Medical Stigmata: Race, Medicine, and the Pursuit of Theological Liberation
Book SynopsisThis book observes the idea of race as a false representation for the cause of disease. Race-based medicine, an emerging field in pharmacology, aims to create a specialty market based on racial groups. Within this market, the drug BiDil set a precedent in this area of medicine targeting African Americans as its first racial group. Consequently, selecting African Americans as a “starter group” led to ethical questions regarding the motive behind race-based medicine within the context of the larger treatment of blacks in American medical history. This book therefore links medicine and American eugenics, examines race-based medicine’s influence on the perception of the black body, traces the influence of BiDil’s approval on the resurgence of race-based medicine, and assesses the black church’s response to race-based medicine using black liberation theology as a means to social justice.Trade Review“Medical Stigmata encourages readers to apply similar hermeneutics to clinical contexts, using scripture to challenge the determinist narratives that pervade medicine and its adjacent industries.” (Audrey Farley, Marginalia, marginalia.lareviewofbooks.org, October 18, 2019)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Race-Based Medicine.- Chapter 3 Maleficence toward the Minority Patient.- Chapter 4 Research, Race, and Profit.- Chapter 5 Black Theology and Reconciliation.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.- Bibliography.
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Lexington Books African American Tea Party Supporters
Book SynopsisTo their critics who celebrated the election of America's first African American president, black Tea Party supporters are self-loathing race traitors. In African American Tea Party Supporters: Explaining A Political Paradox, Kirk A. Johnson interviews thirty elected officials, radio personalities, military veterans, and other black Tea Partyers to reveal a group with deep regard for African Americansand even for Barack Obamabut also divergent perspectives on race, religion, government, and Tea Party racism. Johnson argues when viewed in the context of their family structures and life experiences, black Tea Partyers' unusual political choices are knowable, understandable, and rational.Trade ReviewWhy do a very small minority of black Americans support the Tea Party, a movement of agitated white people with suspect and often outwardly racist motives? And should we care? Kirk Johnson seeks an answer by interviewing 30 black Tea Party members and he is surprised by what he finds. This is a brave book. Yes, Johnson exposes more than a bit of misinformation and prejudice. But in his sociological presentation black Tea Party members come alive as mostly nuanced, thoughtful, and principled—and not as racist or duped. This book made me think. -- Roger Berkowitz, Bard CollegeBy examining a group with such an unexpected political affiliation, African American Tea Party Supporters is an intriguing exploration of a little-studied aspect of the Tea Party movement. Kirk Johnson provides a detailed account of the backgrounds, motivations, and attitudes of African American members of the Tea Party. This book shows how this uniquely positioned group manages complicated relationships with white members of the Tea Party and with other black people. Readers of all political leanings will be surprised at times and frustrated at others, but engaged and better-informed as a result of this book. By providing insight into the politics of African American Tea Party members, Johnson contributes to a deeper understanding of contemporary conservative politics. -- Corey D. Fields, Georgetown University, Author of Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American RepublicansTable of ContentsChapter One: How “Black” Are They? Black Tea Partyers Talk about Race Chapter Two: Does it Run in the Family? The Making of a Black Tea Partyer Chapter Three: “Personal Responsibility”—Panacea or Placebo? Chapter Four: Our First Muslim President? Black Tea Partyers Weigh in on Obama Chapter Five: Is this a Real Invitation? African Americans Come to the Tea Party
£81.00
