The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama [Hardcover]

Examines the coded language of the Republican Party

InThe Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration. Racial meanings are reservoirs rich in political currency, and the race card remains a potent resource for othering the first black president in a context rife with Nativism, xenophobia, white racial fatigue, and serious racial inequality.

Matthew W. Hughey (Author)
Matthew W. Hugheyis Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of many books, includingThe White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption.

Gregory S. Parks (Author)
Gregory S. Parksis Professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is co-author ofThe Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of ObamaandThe Obamas and a (Post) Racial America?

A valuable contribution in understanding the implications and interplay of race and politics in contemporary America. The presidency of Americas first African-American president is historic, with deep implications, and has taken some turns which reflect, not always well, on America dealing with its enduring issues of race. . . . Powerful and well done. Covers very timely and important issues regarding racial and electoral politics in America. . . . Commentators and pundits whose job it is to make sense of contemporary politics and interested citizens will all want a book like this. It is scholarly and rigorous but very readable for a lay audience. In my mind, all books should try to attain this balance. This exhaustive assessment of the political Rights exploitl$