PDF The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality (Continuum Advances in Religious Studies) by Suzanne Owen in History

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2016 NAACP Image Award Nominee; Essence Top 10 books of 2015; African American Literary Show Inc. 2015 Best Non Fiction AwardIn The Presidency in Black and White; journalist April Ryan gives readers a compelling and personal behind-the-scenes look at race relations in contemporary America from the epicenter of American power and policy making—the White House; her beat since 1997. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks; and through her "Fabric of America" news blog; she delivers her readership and listeners (millions of African Americans and close to 300 radio affiliates) a “unique urban and minority perspective in news.” Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her unique insight into the racial sensitivities; issues; and attendant political struggles of our nation’s last three presidents.In Bill Clinton; Ryan saw both a savvy politician who did his best to stay above the racial fray in public; and a man privately pained from the wrongs done to African-Americans throughout our history; not unlike those with whom he’d grown up in Arkansas. In George W. Bush; a man she respected as a faithful husband and father; an unprecedented amount of backlash against what was spun and perceived as racism in his policies – particularly those surrounding his administration’s horrendous handling of Hurricane Katrina – from which he never truly recovered; and by which he remained personally haunted for years. And in Barack Obama – a President expected to transcend divisions and raise us above our racial squabbling simply by taking office – a leader who; especially early in his administration; drew his own form of fire from those who noted his surprising absence from various racial issues that presented themselves on the national stage; but upon which he did not seem moved to comment; much less act. With humor; grace; and determination; April shares the highs and lows of her sometimes lonely but rewarding battle to keep questions of race relations in America on the political front burner; and in the President’s ear. She has made this battle her life’s work and will never stop fighting to give a voice to those members of our society who have too long been silenced.