Barack Obama, Post-Racialism, and the New Politics of Triangulation

1. Introduction
Terry Smith

Part I. Before Obama

2. Black Politics: Which Way Is Left?
Terry Smith

3. Race and Money in Politics
Terry Smith

4. Black Tea: Black Conservatives and the Rhetoric of Social Conservatism
Terry Smith

5. Contradictions in a Latino Moment: Latinos as Less Black?
Terry Smith

Part II. Barack Obama and the New Politics of Triangulation

6. Triangulation 101: The Old Conceives the New
Terry Smith

7. The New Politics of Triangulation: Obama and Post-Racialism
Terry Smith

8. A Thousand Obamas? Black Electoral Ambition and Accountability to Black Voters
Terry Smith

9. Do African Americans Need a Black President? Of Movements, Not Men
Terry Smith

10. Conclusion
Terry Smith

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Social Sciences, general, Social Policy, African American Culture, Ethnicity Studies, European Politics