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Also by Brandi Collins-Dexter:

Black Skinhead, September 2022
Hardcover / e-Book

BLACK SKINHEAD
By: Brandi Collins-Dexter

Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future

Celadon Books
September 2022
On Sale: September 20, 2022
304 pages
ISBN: 1250824079
EAN: 9781250824073
Kindle: B09CNDS2QX
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography | Multicultural African-American

We had been told that everything was fine, that America was working for everyone and that the American Dream was attainable for all. But for those who had been paying attention, there had been warning signs that the Obamas’ version of the American Dream wasn’t working for everyone. That it hadn’t been working for many white Americans was immediately and loudly discussed, but the truth—and what I set out to write this book about—was that it hadn’t been working for many Black Americans either. For many, Obama’s vision had been more illusion than reality all along.

When someone tells you everything is fine, but around you, you see evidence that it’s not, where will the quest to find answers lead you? As I went on the journey of writing this book, I found a very different tale about Black politics and Black America, one that countered white America’s long-held assumption that Black voters will always vote Democrat—and even that the Democratic party is the best bet for Black Americans.

My ultimate question was this: how are Black people being led away—not towards—each other, and what do we lose when we lose each other? What do we lose when, to quote Kanye West, we feel lost in the world.