What is *Between Barack and a Hard Place* by Tim Wise about?

*Between Barack and a Hard Place* analyzes post-Obama America’s racial paradox, arguing that Barack Obama’s presidency exposed enduring systemic racism despite claims of a "post-racial" society. Tim Wise critiques white denial of structural inequities and examines how symbolic racial progress masks persistent discrimination in housing, education, and criminal justice. The book challenges readers to confront unconscious biases perpetuating racial hierarchies.

Who should read *Between Barack and a Hard Place*?

This book is essential for educators, activists, and readers exploring modern racism, white privilege, and political narratives about racial progress. It’s particularly relevant for those studying intersectional social justice, anti-racism frameworks, or the legacy of Obama-era race relations. Wise’s blend of statistical analysis and cultural critique appeals to both academic and general audiences.

Is *Between Barack and a Hard Place* worth reading?

Yes – the book received acclaim for its unflinching analysis of "colorblind" racism and its impact on policy debates. *Utne Reader* named Wise a leading visionary for his ability to connect historical patterns to contemporary racial dynamics, making this a foundational text for understanding 21st-century race relations.

What are the key arguments in *Between Barack and a Hard Place*?

- **Systemic Racism**: Documents how housing redlining, mass incarceration, and wealth gaps disprove post-racial claims - **Symbolic vs. Substantive Change**: Contrasts Obama’s symbolic significance with unchanged racial inequities - **White Denial**: Analyzes psychological resistance to acknowledging white privilege

How does *Between Barack and a Hard Place* address Obama’s presidency?

Wise argues Obama’s election intensified white America’s comfort with symbolic gestures over structural change. The book examines how conservatives weaponized "post-racial" rhetoric to undermine affirmative action and civil rights advocacy during his administration.

What criticisms exist about *Between Barack and a Hard Place*?

Some conservative critics dismiss Wise’s arguments as overly confrontational, while others note the book focuses more on diagnosis than policy solutions. However, scholars praise its rigorous documentation of institutional racism’s post-Obama persistence.

How does this book compare to Tim Wise’s *White Like Me*?

While *White Like Me* is a memoir exploring Wise’s personal journey confronting white privilege, *Between Barack* adopts a sociopolitical lens to deconstruct systemic racism in the Obama era. Both books emphasize intersectionality but differ in narrative approach.

Can *Between Barack and a Hard Place* help understand current racial issues?

Absolutely – its analysis of racial codewords in politics and media remains relevant for decoding modern debates about critical race theory, police reform, and voting rights restrictions. Wise’s framework helps contextualize 2020s racial reckonings.

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第1章

America's Racial Reckoning in the Age of Obama

When Barack Obama became the first Black president in November 2008, champagne bottles popped across America as millions celebrated what appeared to be a watershed moment in racial progress. Time magazine declared it "the end of the postwar era" while Oprah Winfrey called it "the most electrifying night of my life." Even conservative commentators acknowledged the historic significance-a nation built on slavery had elected a Black man to its highest office. Yet beneath this euphoria lay a more complex reality: Did Obama's victory truly signal America's racial redemption, or was it merely the emergence of what author Tim Wise calls "Racism 2.0"-a more sophisticated form of racial bias that celebrates exceptional individuals of color while leaving systemic inequities intact? The book quickly became a New York Times bestseller and sparked conversations in university classrooms nationwide, with figures from Cornel West to Van Jones praising its unflinching examination of how Obama's rise revealed both progress and persistent racial hierarchies in American life.

第2章

The Mirage of Post-Racial America

The morning after Obama's election, proclamations of racism's death echoed through American media. The Wall Street Journal claimed his victory would "put to rest the myth of racism as a barrier to achievement." Columnist Richard Cohen called Obama "post-racial" and declared "we have overcome." Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani suggested Obama's win meant "we've moved beyond the whole idea of race and racial separation and unfairness." But such declarations revealed a profound misunderstanding of how racism operates in America. Individual success stories have always existed alongside systemic oppression-Madame C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1911, hardly making that a golden era for Black Americans during the height of Jim Crow. Obama's victory demonstrated that old-fashioned bigotry (what Wise calls "Racism 1.0") had indeed receded enough to allow a Black candidate with exceptional qualities to win the presidency during an economic crisis. The cross-racial coalition that powered his campaign, particularly among youth, created meaningful relationships that could fuel future activism. However, his election did nothing to address the persistent inequities in employment, education, healthcare, criminal justice, and housing that continue to mark the lives of approximately 90 million people of color in America. Perhaps most troubling was how Obama's campaign strategy of avoiding direct confrontation with racial issues inadvertently fed white denial about ongoing racism. Even in his celebrated Philadelphia speech on race following the Jeremiah Wright controversy, Obama focused primarily on historical racism rather than present-day inequities. He never mentioned that the racial wealth gap was continuing to grow, with white families having eleven times the net worth of Black families and eight times that of Latino families. His framing in "The Audacity of Hope" suggested all Americans face similar obstacles, claiming the civil rights movement had brought America "90 percent" toward racial justice-a calculation difficult to reconcile with persistent racial disparities across every major institution.

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第3章

The Persistence of Racial Inequality in Obama's America

While Barack Obama's historic 2008 election as the first African American president sparked widespread optimism about racial progress, stark economic data revealed a far more complex reality. Black high school graduates faced unemployment rates consistently higher than white dropouts - a staggering 15.9% versus 9.7%. In professional sectors, white men with college degrees earned an average of $72,000 annually compared to $54,000 for equally educated Black men - a 33% disparity. The corporate leadership gap remained stark, with African Americans holding only 7 percent of private sector management positions despite comprising 13% of the workforce. Middle-class Black families worked an additional 480 hours yearly (equivalent to twelve work weeks) simply to maintain income parity with white counterparts. For young Black men, economic mobility was actually regressing. Those entering the workforce in the 2000s earned 12 percent less in real wages than their fathers did in the 1970s, accounting for inflation. The intergenerational decline was particularly severe - nearly 45% of Black middle-class youth were projected to fall to the bottom fifth of the income distribution, compared to only 16% of whites. Even when controlling for academic performance metrics like standardized test scores, GPA, and family socioeconomic background, white males still received approximately 17 percent higher compensation than demographically identical Black counterparts. Rigorous experimental studies exposed persistent hiring discrimination. Researchers submitted thousands of identical resumes to employers, varying only the names - those with traditionally white-sounding names like "Greg" or "Emily" received 50 percent more callbacks than those with traditionally Black names like "Jamal" or "Lakisha." More disturbing still, white male applicants who disclosed criminal records were more likely to receive callbacks than Black males with clean records. Conservative estimates indicated at least one-third of employers actively discriminated against applicants of color, impacting approximately 1.3 million job-seekers annually. Federal audits found that three-fourths of businesses covered by civil rights legislation were in "substantial violation" of equal opportunity mandates. The most financially rewarding positions were predominantly filled through informal networking and internal referrals, systematically excluding people of color from critical opportunity networks. This "opportunity hoarding" helped explain why equally qualified professionals of color earned significantly less across sectors - Chinese American doctors and lawyers earned 44 percent less than white counterparts despite equivalent credentials and experience. When aggregated across the workforce, African American workers collectively lost an estimated $120 billion annually due to persistent labor market discrimination. Geographic segregation, disparate access to quality education, and generational wealth gaps further compounded these workplace inequities, creating mutually reinforcing cycles of disadvantage that persisted well into the 21st century despite surface-level progress in representation.

第4章

Housing Segregation: America's Persistent Color Line

Housing discrimination remained one of America's most deeply rooted racial problems, perpetuating inequality despite legislative attempts to address it. Historical practices like restrictive covenants, redlining, and discriminatory Federal Housing Administration loan programs had systematically deprived communities of color of hundreds of billions in housing equity over multiple generations. These practices created enduring patterns of segregation that persisted well into the 21st century. The year 2006 marked a troubling milestone with the highest number of housing discrimination complaints ever recorded. Despite the Fair Housing Act of 1968 officially outlawing housing discrimination, enforcement mechanisms remained largely theoretical for a quarter century, with studies estimating 2-3.7 million instances of housing discrimination occurring annually. The lending industry demonstrated persistent discriminatory practices across multiple dimensions. Loan officers provided significantly less detailed information to Black customers about their options, more quickly discouraged their applications, and applied stricter standards when credit histories were questionable. The disparity was stark: nearly 70 percent of white applicants with poor credit successfully obtained mortgages, while only 16 percent of Black applicants with identical credit profiles received approval. The subprime lending market became a particularly exploitative force targeting communities of color. Major banks would often reject qualified applicants of color for traditional mortgages, only to have their subprime lending subsidiaries offer the same applicants loans with substantially higher interest rates and predatory terms. The steering of Black borrowers toward predatory loans occurred even when they had strong credit profiles that should have qualified them for prime loans. Research revealed that upper-income Black families living in predominantly Black neighborhoods were three times more likely to receive high-risk mortgages than low-income white borrowers in white neighborhoods. This systematic exploitation had devastating financial consequences: communities of color lost over $4 billion annually through predatory lending practices, with Black communities specifically losing nearly half a trillion dollars in potential wealth accumulation due to decades of housing discrimination and predatory lending. The impact of housing segregation extended far beyond housing itself, creating a cascade of educational inequities. Black students typically attended schools with double the concentration of low-income students compared to their white peers, and schools serving predominantly Black and Latino communities were ten times more likely to have concentrated poverty. This educational segregation affected even middle and upper-income Black families, whose children typically attended high-poverty schools despite their family's economic status. These schools often struggled with multiple challenges including inadequate nutrition programs, limited healthcare access, higher rates of family unemployment crises, and isolation from valuable social and professional networks that could provide opportunities for advancement. The combination of housing discrimination and resulting educational segregation created a self-reinforcing cycle of disadvantage that proved extremely difficult to break. The persistence of these patterns despite decades of fair housing laws highlighted the gap between formal legal equality and practical reality. Real estate agents continued subtle steering practices, mortgage lenders maintained discriminatory algorithms in their approval processes, and housing patterns remained stubbornly segregated through a combination of institutional practices and social inertia.

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第5章

Education: Separate and Unequal in the 21st Century

Educational inequality began with housing segregation but extended far beyond it into a complex web of systemic disparities. Schools serving white, affluent students spent considerably more per pupil than those serving students of color, with funding disparities reaching roughly a thousand dollars per student annually. This gap widened further in major urban districts, where the difference could exceed $3,000 per student. High-poverty schools had three times as many uncertified teachers or teachers working outside their field of expertise compared to low-poverty, mostly white schools. In some districts, up to 30% of teachers in high-poverty schools lacked proper certification in their subject areas. Those who argued money didn't matter in education revealed their hypocrisy through their own actions. While claiming funding disparities were irrelevant, these same critics actively pursued tax cuts because "money matters," meticulously tracked their investment portfolios, and often sent their own children to private schools costing $20,000-40,000 annually. Many served on private school boards advocating for small class sizes and extensive resources while dismissing similar needs in public schools. Beyond funding, teacher expectations dramatically shaped student outcomes through both subtle and overt mechanisms. Despite numerous studies showing Black students demonstrated equal academic motivation as whites, persistent stereotypes led to systemic racial tracking. Black and Latino students were half as likely to be placed in advanced classes and twice as likely to be assigned to remedial courses, even when their test scores, grades, and teacher recommendations would justify higher placement. Schools serving predominantly white students offered three times as many advanced placement and International Baccalaureate courses, creating lasting advantages in college admissions. Standardized testing further disadvantaged students of color who hadn't received equal instruction or test preparation resources. School discipline revealed particularly alarming racial disparities that often launched students into the school-to-prison pipeline. Students of color faced suspension or expulsion at rates 3-4 times higher than white students, despite research showing no significant differences in serious rule violations between racial groups. For minor infractions like dress code violations or "disrespect," white students typically received verbal warnings while students of color faced office referrals and suspensions. This discriminatory pattern created cumulative disadvantages - suspended students fell behind academically, became more likely to drop out, and faced increased risks of future involvement with the criminal justice system. By high school, nearly 25% of Black male students had been suspended at least once, compared to 7% of white male students, creating a cycle of academic withdrawal, frustration, and later economic hardship that crossed generations.

第6章

The Criminal Justice System: America's New Racial Caste System

The criminal justice system emerged as ground zero for America's most glaring racial disparities. In 1964, two-thirds of incarcerated people were white; by the early 1990s, these numbers had dramatically reversed, with two-thirds being people of color-a pattern that has persisted and even intensified into the twenty-first century. This shift coincided with policy changes that disproportionately impacted communities of color, including mandatory minimum sentences, three-strikes laws, and heightened surveillance in urban areas. The "war on drugs" became the most striking example of this systemic inequality. Despite whites comprising over 70% of drug users and having equal or higher usage rates for most substances, including cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, people of color represented nearly 90% of those incarcerated for drug possession while whites accounted for less than 10%. The disparity was particularly severe among youth offenders. Black youth were forty-eight times more likely than whites to be incarcerated for first-time drug offenses, even with identical circumstances and criminal histories. In fifteen states, Black incarceration rates for drug offenses were twenty to fifty-seven times greater than for whites, with some jurisdictions showing even more extreme disparities in rural areas. Law enforcement practices systematically drove these disparities through both policy and practice. Multiple Justice Department reports documented that Black and Latino motorists were far more likely to be stopped and searched during routine traffic stops, though whites were consistently more frequently found with contraband. A comprehensive Los Angeles Police Department study revealed Blacks were three times more likely to be stopped, yet whites who were searched were significantly more likely to possess drugs or weapons. The data showed Blacks who were frisked were 42% less likely than whites to have weapons, while Latinos were 33% less likely. These patterns extended beyond major cities - similar disparities were documented in suburban and rural jurisdictions across the country. The impact of systemic racism extended beyond the justice system into healthcare access and outcomes. Recent research conclusively demonstrated that experiences with racism directly correlated with negative health outcomes for people of color, particularly through increased stress levels leading to hypertension, heart disease, and elevated cortisol levels. Multiple studies showed doctors were less likely to order comprehensive diagnostic tests, pain medication, and advanced treatments for Black patients compared to whites with identical insurance coverage, financial resources, and symptoms. The disparity was particularly stark in cardiac care - Black patients with comparable age, sex, disease severity, and geographic location were 60% less likely to receive critical coronary procedures like angioplasty or bypass surgery. These healthcare inequities often intersected with criminal justice involvement, as formerly incarcerated individuals faced additional barriers to accessing quality medical care. This interconnected system of racial inequality in criminal justice and healthcare created a self-reinforcing cycle that perpetuated disparities across generations, leading many scholars to characterize it as America's new racial caste system, replacing earlier forms of legally-sanctioned discrimination.

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第7章

The Emergence of Racism 2.0: Enlightened Exceptionalism

Obama's success with white voters revealed a more subtle form of racism that Wise calls "Racism 2.0" or "enlightened exceptionalism." Many whites who voted for Obama viewed him as "different" from most Black people, suggesting their views about the broader Black community remained unenlightened. One supporter valued Obama because he makes white people "feel good" about themselves. Bob Tuke, former Tennessee Democratic Party chair, claimed Obama had "emancipated" whites to vote for a Black candidate. Most disturbing was a young Nashville blogger who appreciated that Obama "doesn't come with the baggage of the civil rights movement"-reducing one of history's greatest human liberation struggles to unwanted "baggage." The very concept of "transcending blackness" was inherently racist, implying something negative about Blackness that must be escaped or smoothed over. No white politician was ever asked to transcend their whiteness, revealing an unequal burden placed on Black candidates. Obama essentially became the Cliff Huxtable of politics-a Black man with whom whites could identify. While this helped his candidacy and challenged some stereotypes, it created a dangerous standard if whites expected all Black men to conform to this template of acceptable Blackness. Obama's success with white voters hinged largely on his embrace of the dominant national narrative that white Americans found comforting. From his breakthrough 2004 DNC speech onward, Obama consistently portrayed America as a "magical place" of "freedom and opportunity" where the needs of whites and people of color weren't fundamentally different. Unlike previous Black leaders who challenged American institutions while appealing to American ideals, Obama rarely critiqued fundamental structures of American society, instead praising them in ways soothing to white audiences. Even in his race speech-delivered only because of the Jeremiah Wright controversy-Obama played to white conceptions of America's founding by describing the founders as escaping "tyranny and persecution" while conveniently omitting their subsequent tyrannical behavior toward indigenous peoples and religious dissenters. Throughout the speech, Obama carefully balanced acknowledgment of Black anger over racism with equal sympathy toward white grievances about affirmative action, as if these were morally equivalent.

第8章

The Dangerous Myth of Meritocracy

The notion of meritocracy-the idea that hard work and initiative alone determine success-presented a particular danger in the wake of Obama's election. Black parents who could now tell their children they can "be anything they want to be" with new conviction represented a touching milestone, especially considering white Americans had taken this message for granted while people of color had doubted it for centuries. This watershed moment seemed to validate the American Dream for a new generation of young Black children who could now see themselves represented at the highest level of leadership. Yet Obama's rise potentially reinforced the very meritocratic myth that fueled Racism 2.0, a more subtle but equally damaging form of racial bias. This modern racism relied on characterological judgments about people of color rather than assertions of biological inferiority. It suggested Black Americans didn't succeed not because they couldn't, but because they didn't try hard enough, didn't value education enough, or made poor personal choices. This narrative conveniently ignored systemic barriers, generational wealth gaps, and institutional racism that continued to shape outcomes. What made Racism 2.0 especially insidious was how neatly it aligned with America's dominant narrative about individual achievement and bootstrapping success. Unlike old-school racism that claimed inherent superiority and inferiority, this enlightened exceptionalism allowed whites to view themselves as principled rather than racist. They could position themselves as caring individuals who only wanted people of color to "help themselves"-with Obama serving as the ultimate proof that America offered unlimited opportunity to those who applied themselves. This perspective allowed them to dismiss claims of systemic racism while maintaining a self-image as non-racist and even supportive of racial progress. The danger lay in how Obama's success might further cement the perception that meritocracy was more than just theory-that it was descriptive truth. If we believed anyone could make it with sufficient effort, then those who hadn't "made it" must be damaged or deficient. When a disproportionate number of those who hadn't "made it" were people of color, it became dangerously easy to conclude something must be wrong with Black and brown folks collectively, rationalizing racial domination, white advantage, and mass injustice as merely reflecting aggregate gaps in effort, ambition or work ethic between whites and people of color. This meritocratic myth also served to obscure how success often depends on inherited advantages, social networks, and institutional support systems that remain largely inaccessible to many communities of color. Even exceptional achievements like Obama's presidency, while inspiring, could paradoxically reinforce victim-blaming narratives that ignored centuries of systematic exclusion and ongoing structural barriers. The celebration of individual Black success stories, while important, risked minimizing the collective struggle for racial justice and the ongoing need for systemic change.

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第9章

White Responsibility: The Path Forward

Eddie Moore Jr.'s warning that "I haven't seen whiteness lose yet" reflected the danger of investing too much hope in an Obama victory. Though his pessimism proved unjustified, his deeper point remained valid-even with Obama as president, we still needed a backup plan. Obama alone could not shepherd America out of racism and inequality; this burden fell on all citizens. The worst outcome would be for those mobilized by his campaign to believe an Obama presidency itself cured racial ailments. The race problem in America was fundamentally a white problem-racism today descended directly from centuries of white-perpetuated slavery, indigenous slaughter, and systemic oppression. While these legal structures had been dismantled, the social consciousness and patterns of exclusion persisted. White Americans created and sustained racial oppression through both direct action and complicit silence. Unless those called white took personal responsibility and joined with leaders of color to dismantle systems of racial privilege, true progress remained questionable. Beyond taking responsibility, whites needed to learn to listen to and believe people of color about their experiences with racism-not just those who made whites feel comfortable, but those who spoke uncomfortable truths. For generations, white Americans had dismissed racial pain as exaggeration or excuse-making. Denying the lived experiences of people of color was itself a racist act, implying "I know your reality better than you." For true racial healing, whites needed to confront America's disturbing racial history without defensive qualifications. This history created a profound racial divide in how Americans perceived their nation-most whites recoiled from Jeremiah Wright's provocative truths about American militarism and racism, while most Black Americans expressed agreement with him. To inspire meaningful racial progress, we needed to connect today's youth to the long tradition of cross-racial alliance building and white allyship. Schools inadequately taught not only the contributions of people of color but also those of whites who stood against white supremacy-figures like Jeremiah Evarts, the Grimke sisters, Virginia Foster Durr, Anne Braden, and many others whose resistance demonstrated that whites had always had a choice. White silence was the only privilege whites could voluntarily relinquish. Speaking out against racism needed to become second nature-in schools, workplaces, houses of worship, neighborhoods, and families. This meant critically assessing every policy and practice in our institutions to identify and address racial inequity. Though challenging, this task was essential-remaining silent meant collaborating with racism and undermining our democratic principles. As Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."

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『オバマを拒絶するアメリカレイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』の主要テーマ

post-racial myth
systemic racial inequality
white denial
colorblind ideology
institutionalized hiring discrimination

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカレイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』の名言

we have overcome.
Individual success stories have always existed alongside systemic oppression
opportunity hoarding
Housing discrimination remained one of America's most deeply rooted racial problems
we've moved beyond the whole idea of race and racial separation and unfairness.

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカレイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』の登場人物

Tim WiseAuthor and analyst of American racial dynamics
Jeremiah WrightPastor whose controversy prompted a speech on race
Madame C.J. WalkerHistorical figure used as a case study

著者について

『Between Barack and a Hard Place』の著者であるティモシー・ジェイコブ・ワイズ（Timothy Jacob Wise）は、白人性と特権という観点から構造的不平等を検証する、著名な反人種差別教育者でありベストセラー作家です。

ナッシュビル出身でテューレーン大学の政治学学位を持つワイズの活動は、1980年代の大学時代における反アパルトヘイト運動から始まり、その後、1,000以上の機関での講演、企業研修、メディア解説を通じて、数十年にわたる反人種差別活動へと発展しました。『Between Barack and a Hard Place』における彼の分析は、オバマ政権下での「ポスト・レイシャル（脱人種）」言説を批判し、構造的偏見というテーマを『White Like Me』や『Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White』といった過去の著作と結びつけています。

CNN、NPR、PBSなどで紹介されているワイズの洞察は、教育、医療、法執行機関に対する25年以上のコンサルティング経験に基づいています。彼のポッドキャスト『Speak Out』や、国立アフリカ系アメリカ人歴史文化博物館でも言及されているドキュメンタリー『White Like Me』は、「カラーブラインド（人種に盲目）」なレトリックに対する彼の批判を広める役割を果たしています。『Utne Reader』誌によって「世界を変える25人の先見者」の一人に選ばれたワイズの著書は、全米の大学で教材として使用されており、彼のフレームワークは現代の人種正義運動に取り組む活動家や教育者たちに採用されています。

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第4章

オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識

概要『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』の概要

1冊の本。さまざまな聴き方。

America's Racial Reckoning in the Age of Obama

The Mirage of Post-Racial America

聴きながら、すべての言葉を目で追えます

The Persistence of Racial Inequality in Obama's America

Housing Segregation: America's Persistent Color Line

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』をもっと深く楽しむ

Education: Separate and Unequal in the 21st Century

The Criminal Justice System: America's New Racial Caste System

聴きながら、すべての言葉を目で追えます

The Emergence of Racism 2.0: Enlightened Exceptionalism

The Dangerous Myth of Meritocracy

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』をもっと深く楽しむ

White Responsibility: The Path Forward

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1冊の本。さまざまな聴き方。

America's Racial Reckoning in the Age of Obama

The Mirage of Post-Racial America

聴きながら、すべての言葉を目で追えます

The Persistence of Racial Inequality in Obama's America

Housing Segregation: America's Persistent Color Line

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』をもっと深く楽しむ

Education: Separate and Unequal in the 21st Century

The Criminal Justice System: America's New Racial Caste System

聴きながら、すべての言葉を目で追えます

The Emergence of Racism 2.0: Enlightened Exceptionalism

The Dangerous Myth of Meritocracy

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』をもっと深く楽しむ

White Responsibility: The Path Forward

『オバマを拒絶するアメリカ レイシズム2.0にひそむ白人の差別意識』を最後まで読み終えました

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