Sellout : the politics of racial betrayal / Randall Kennedy.

Kennedy grapples with a stigmatized phrase: "selling out," or racial betrayal, a subject of much anxiety and acrimony in Black America. He atomizes the changing meanings of the term and shows how its usage bedevils blacks and whites. He begins his exploration with a historical definition o...

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Main Author:	Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, ©2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	African Americans > Politics and government. African American politicians. Thomas, Clarence, > 1948- Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States. Stigma (Social psychology) > United States. Racism > United States.