A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the

A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America's Racial-Aversion Crisis

Foreword by Governor Howard Dean

â€œThe problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.â€
W. E. B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk

Americaâ€™s racial fault lines run uninterrupted from the days of slavery, to those of lynchings, separate water fountains, and the contemporary Jim Crow of voter suppression, gerrymandered voting districts, and the attempt to nullify the presidency of Americaâ€™s first Black chief executive.

In this book Cornell Belcher, award-winning pollster who twice served on President Barack Obamaâ€™s presidential election team, presents stunning new research that illuminates just how deep and jagged these racial fault lines continue to be. Cornell has surveyed battleground voters from 2008 through the 2016 primary season tracking racial aversion and its impact over the course of the Obama presidency. Given the heightened racial aversion as a consequence of the first non-white male living in the White House, the rise of Trump was a predictable backlash. The election of the nationâ€™s first Black president does not mean that we live in a post-racial society; it means that we are now at a critical historical tipping point demographically and culturally in Americaâ€”and this tipping point is indeed the wolf at the door for many anxious white Americans who are now politically behaving accordingly given this perceived threat.

The panicked response of the waning white majority to what they perceive as the catastrophe of a Black president can be heard in every cry to â€œtake back our country.â€ This panic has resulted in the elevation of an overt and unapologetic racist as the nominee of one of Americaâ€™s major political parties.

Letâ€™s be clear, as Belcher points out: there isnâ€™t any going back. Americaâ€™s changing population and the continued globalization of our marketplaces wonâ€™t allow it. In order to compete and win the future, America must let go of the historic tribal pecking order and a system gamed to favor the old ruling white elite.

To paraphrase DuBois, â€œThe problem of the twenty-first century remains the color line.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Water Street Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-10-24
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Water Street Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-10-24
Format	Kindle eBook

A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America's Racial-Aversion Crisis

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