Acting white : the curious history of a racial slur /

Acting white : the curious history of a racial slur /

A history of the slanderous phrase "acting white" demonstrates the backlash against successful, well-mannered, or well-educated African Americans while tracing the history of the insult's usage from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Bill Cosby's controversial NAACP speech in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christie, Ron, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
African Americans > Attitudes.
Whites > United States > Attitudes.
Invective > United States.
Communication > Social aspects > United States.
Social interaction > United States.
United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects.

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Call Number: E185.625 .C495 2010
 
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