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Description of  Black Skinhead Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future [Audiobook]

English | ISBN: 9781250856562 | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | 11:46:05 | 322 MB This program is read by the author. For fans of Bad Feminist and The Sum of Us, Black Skinhead sparks a radical conversation about Black America and political identity. In Black Skinhead, Brandi Collins-Dexter, former Senior Campaign Director for Color Of Change, explores the fragile alliance between Black voters and the Democratic party. Through sharp, timely essays that span the political, cultural, and personal, Collins-Dexter reveals decades of simmering disaffection in Black America, told as much through voter statistics as it is through music, film, sports, and the baffling mind of Kanye West. While Black Skinhead is an outward look at Black votership and electoral politics, it is also a funny, deeply personal, and introspective look at Black culture and identity, ultimately revealing a Black America that has become deeply disillusioned with the failed promises of its country. When someone tells you everything is fine, but around you, you see evidence that it's not, where will the quest to find answers lead you? As I went on the journey of writing this book, I found a very different tale about Black politics and Black America, one that countered white America's long-held assumption that Black voters will always vote Democratand even that the Democratic party is the best bet for Black Americans. My ultimate question was this: how are Black people being led awaynot towardseach other, and what do we lose when we lose each other? What do we lose when, to quote Kanye West, we feel lost in the world.