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In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more—not less—about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama’s historic rise to the US presidency and the ever-increasing social and economic instability of African American communities. David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley maintain that such a conversation can take place only with passionate and organized pressure from black Americans, and that neither Obama nor any political figure is likely to be in the forefront of addressing issues of racial inequality and injustice.

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Clarifies and engages today's competing narratives about race, post-racialism, and Obama. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, editor of The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union

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David H. Ikard is Associate Professor of English at Florida State University and author of Breaking the Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism. His blog ""Nation of Cowards"" (nationofcowards.blogspot.com) takes up contemporary racial topics and engages a wider intellectual and activist community. Martell Lee Teasley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Work at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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