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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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 2004. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780312599461 (alk. paper) 0312599463 (alk. paper) |