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How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence
Basic Books
March 2008
On Sale: March 1, 2008
244 pages ISBN: 046500332X EAN: 9780465003327 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
For the last forty years the label "black voter" has been
virtually synonymous with "Democrat" but a new generation of
voters is changing that. In her provocative new book Party
Crashing, political commentator Keli Goff introduces
America's newest swing voter. Like soccer moms and Nascar
dads before them, young, black voters born after the Civil
Rights Movement are becoming increasingly up for grabs,
politically speaking. While the politics of their parents and grandparents were
shaped by the Civil Rights Movement, Goff notes that the
politics of her peers, members of the post-Civil Rights
generation, have been shaped by a number of cultural
influencers that transcend race; from "The Cosby Show," to
icons such as Oprah Winfrey, and the tragedy of 9/11. Civil
rights has long been the defining political issue for black
Americans but for this emerging generation of black voters,
civil rights is now one issue among many that define their
politics. As a result, they are challenging the idea that
one's skin color should color one's political identity, and
they are also challenging the idea that they should be
Democrats. Since the support of black Americans has been crucial to the
success of democratic candidates--from Presidents Kennedy to
Clinton--this shift could be one of the most important
developments in modern politics, arguably as important as
the Civil Rights movement itself. Along with the political
shift occurring, Goff also examines the cultural shift that
is taking place on a wide range of issues including: gay
marriage, hip-hop, and the emergence of what Goff calls
"Generation Obama." Through in-depth interviews with young, black voters,
groundbreaking survey research, and conversations with a
range of high profile Americans--from Colin Powell to
Russell Simmons--Party Crashing explores the issues and
people who have helped shape the politics of the post-Civil
Rights Generation, and how this generation is reshaping
America.
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