The head Negro in charge syndrome : the dead end of Black politics /
Al Sharpton's entrance into the 2004 Democratic presidential race is evidence of a decaying black political culture where ego trumps politics, the last gasp of a tradition that has been transformed over a generation from bold, results-oriented politics to symbolism and corruption, argues noveli...
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New York :
Nation Books, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group,
[2004]
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Table of Contents:
- Head Negro in charge syndrome and the man who would be Jesse (aka scampaign 2004)
- Follow the leaders? The death of effective black politics
- Roots of symbolic politics, 1965-1975: the rise and fall of black power nationalism
- Politics and economics of soul power, or "good-foot" capitalism and black America's rhythm nation
- Notes on the Niggarati--or, why dead white men still rule
- Politics of electoral instability: black voters and strategic non-voting
- Postscript: Scampaign 2004
- Appendix: President's urban strategy (Cisneros memo)
- Ten things that could be done to revitalize black politics
- Notes Bibliography
- Note to the readers
- Index.