{"product_id":"white-balance-how-hollywood-shaped-colorblind-ideology-and-undermined-civil-rights-paperback","title":"White Balance: How Hollywood Shaped Colorblind Ideology and Undermined Civil Rights - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Gomer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe racial ideology of colorblindness has a long history. In 1963, Martin Luther King famously stated, \"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.\" However, in the decades after the civil rights movement, the ideology of colorblindness co-opted the language of the civil rights era in order to reinvent white supremacy, fuel the rise of neoliberalism, and dismantle the civil rights movement's legal victories without offending political decorum. Yet, the spread of colorblindness could not merely happen through political speeches, newspapers, or books. The key, Justin Gomer contends, was film--as race-conscious language was expelled from public discourse, Hollywood provided the visual medium necessary to dramatize an anti-civil rights agenda over the course of the 70s, 80s, and 90s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn blockbusters like \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRocky\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDangerous Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, filmmakers capitalized upon the volatile racial, social, and economic struggles in the decades after the civil rights movement, shoring up a powerful, bipartisan ideology that would be wielded against race-conscious policy, the memory of black freedom struggles, and core aspects of the liberal state itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42929907073159,"sku":"9781469655802","price":56.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/K3NvNGFDUmk1eCtubDV0b09KWkYwZz09_f67784ee-9020-40a1-a7e6-08e7b30e5c7b.webp?v=1753171806","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/white-balance-how-hollywood-shaped-colorblind-ideology-and-undermined-civil-rights-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}