Ebook: Obama's race: the 2008 election and the dream of a post-racial America

Barack Obama's presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. Obama's Race--and its eye-opening account of the role played by race in the election--paints a dramatically different picture. The authors argue that the 2008 election was more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record--and perhaps more significantly, that there were two sides to this racialization: resentful opposition to and racially liberal support for Obama.;Introduction: Obama as post-racial? -- Background: race in presidential elections -- Racialized momentum: the two sides of racialization in the primaries -- The general election: the two sides of racialization and short-term political dynamics -- The spillover of racialization -- The racialized voting patterns of racial and ethnic minorities -- The paradox of gender traditionalists' support for Hillary Clinton -- Beyond black and white: Obama as "other" -- Is the Obama presidency post-racial?: evidence from his first year in office.