\aSubtitle on jacket : \b Black youth and the future of American politics \c Cathy J. Cohen.
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\a1st ed.
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\aNew York, N.Y. : \b Oxford University Press, \c 2010.
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\a[xi], 281 p. : \b ill. ; \c 25 cm.
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\aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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\a"My petition" : black youth and the promise of democratic citizenship -- "Gangsta rap made me do it" : Bill Cosby, Don Imus, and black moral panics -- "Baby mama" : black love, black deviance, and the sexual politics of morality -- "Minority report" : Kanye West, Barack Obama, and political alienation / with Jamila Celestine Michener -- "Fight the power" : from Jena to the White House -- "My president is black" : Barack Obama and the postracial illusion -- Epilogue : "A change is gonna come" : policy and politics.