Post-Racial or Most-Racial?: Race and Politics in the Obama Era
Post-Racial or Most-Racial?: Race and Politics in the Obama Era
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后种族还是最种族？：奥巴马时代的种族与政治
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2016
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M. Tesler
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M. Tesler
当巴拉克•奥巴马（Barack Obama）赢得总统大选时，许多人认为我们正在进入美国政治的后种族时期。遗憾的是，现实并没有达到这样的期望。相反，由于种族考虑，美国人的政治信仰比奥巴马担任总统之前“更加”两极分化，尽管奥巴马为消除种族的政治影响做出了巨大努力。迈克尔·特斯勒展示了在2008年总统大选之后的几年里，种族态度比现代任何一次总统选举都更加两极化，种族考虑如何越来越多地影响政治决策的许多方面。从对著名政治家和政党的评价，到对公共政策或客观经济状况的评价等看似与种族无关的问题。当被告知奥巴马的狗Bo是泰德•肯尼迪的狗时，一些人甚至对它表现出了更积极的态度。更广泛地说，特斯勒认为，种族在美国政治中迅速增强的影响正在推动两极分化的党派分歧和刻薄的气氛，这些已经成为美国政治的特征。《后种族主义还是最种族主义？》是近年来研究美国种族政治最重要的书籍之一。“对于任何想要了解奥巴马总统任期内美国发生了什么的人来说，这本书都是必读的，而且在他卸任后，它将如何影响这个国家。”
When Barack Obama won the presidency, many posited that we were entering into a post-racial period in American politics. Regrettably, the reality hasn t lived up to that expectation. Instead, Americans political beliefs have become significantly "more "polarized by racial considerations than they had been before Obama s presidency in spite of his administration s considerable efforts to neutralize the political impact of race. Michael Tesler shows how, in the years that followed the 2008 election a presidential election more polarized by racial attitudes than any other in modern times racial considerations have come increasingly to influence many aspects of political decision making. These range from people s evaluations of prominent politicians and the parties to issues seemingly unrelated to race like assessments of public policy or objective economic conditions. Some people even displayed more positive feelings toward Obama s dog, Bo, when they were told he belonged to Ted Kennedy. More broadly, Tesler argues that the rapidly intensifying influence of race in American politics is driving the polarizing partisan divide and the vitriolic atmosphere that has come to characterize American politics. One of the most important books on American racial politics in recent years, "Post-Racial or Most-Racial? "is required reading for anyone wishing to understand what has happened in the United States during Obama s presidency and how it might shape the country long after he leaves office."