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A bound man : why we are excited about Obama and why he can't win
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A bound man : why we are excited about Obama and why he can't win

Author: Shelby Steele
Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st Free Press hardcover edView all editions and formats
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Award-winning author Steele attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is fast becoming a galvanizing occasion beyond mere presidential politics, one that is forcing a national dialogue on the current state of race relations in America. Says Steele, poverty and inequality usually are the focus of such dialogues, but Obama's bid for so high an office pushes the  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Steele, Shelby.
Bound man.
New York : Free Press, 2008
(OCoLC)607853374
Online version:
Steele, Shelby.
Bound man.
New York : Free Press, 2008
(OCoLC)608574994
Named Person: Barack Obama; Barack Obama; Barack Obama
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Shelby Steele
ISBN: 9781416559177 1416559175
OCLC Number: 168714128
Notes: Includes index.
Description: x, 143 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: The high possibility --
Plausibility --
Search for the father --
Becoming an authentic black --
Belonging --
Two Women --
Masking --
Bargaining and challenging --
The iconic Negro --
Born to bargain --
Bind I : the discipline --
Bind II : is he black enough? --
"The visible man."
Responsibility: Shelby Steele.
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From "New York Times" bestselling and controversial author Steele comes the illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama.  Read more...

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