Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics

In Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative and empirically powerful analysis of the state of black youth in America today. Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking nationwide survey, Cohen focuses on what young Black Americans actually experience and think--and underscores the political repercussions. Featuring stories from cities across the country, she reveals that black youth want, in large part, what most Americans want--a good job, a fulfilling life, safety, respect, and equality. But while this generation has much in common with the rest of America, they also believe that equality does not yet exist, at least not in their lives. Many believe that they are treated as second-class citizens. Moreover, for many the future seems bleak when they look at their neighborhoods, their schools, and even their own lives and choices. Through their words, these young people provide a complex and balanced picture of the
intersection of opportunity and discrimination in their lives. Democracy Remixed provides the insight we need to transform the future of young Black Americans and American democracy.


Author: Cathy J. Cohen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/16/2012
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780199896264
ISBN10: 0199896267
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Adolescence

About the Author

Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics.

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