Obamistan! Land Without Racism
Your Guide to the New America
By damali ayo
(Lawrence Hill Books, Paperback, 9781569762431, 208pp.)
Publication Date: April 1, 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook
Categories: American - General, Essays, Topic - Political
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On November 4, 2008, the citizens of the United States gave prejudice and discrimination a boot to the backside. The pride of this accomplishment was echoed from mountaintops to bus stops as Americans ran through the streets with tears streaming down their faces, crying, “Racism is over!”
What does this dramatic evolution mean for you? This guide will help you familiarize yourself with the exciting postracist America--a land its loyal citizens now call Obamistan--through user-friendly explanations of new sights, sounds, and policies, along with eyewitness testimonials, news clippings, pop quizzes, and tips for those who miss the old America. From hot-button issues like immigration, foreclosure, gentrification, reparations, and health care to holidays, toilet paper, pronouncing people’s names, and Dick Cheney’s cozy new digs in Guantánamo Bay, this indispensible guide is guaranteed to help all Obamistanis feel right at home.
damali ayo is the author of How to Rent a Negro. She is the creator of the popular rent-a-negro.com, a satirical website that explores race, and the National Day of Panhandling for Reparations, a nationwide street performance. Her work has been featured in ABCnews.com, Harpers, NPR, Time.com, and the Wall Street Journal, as well as for various international newspapers.
"Teases out the foibles of racial dissonance with penetrating subtlety." —Washington Examiner
"Uncomfortable? Sure. But How To Rent a Negro is also funny, biting and valuable." —Ruminator
"damali ayo has a nuanced, observant, and thought-provoking perspective on how racism works. What she also possesses, though, is a wickedly wry sense of humor, fully at play in Obamistan. —Harry Allen, Media Assassin and hip-hop activist
"I'd been having this bad dream, that racism was still a problem. But damali ayo's Obamistan is like a warm cup of milk and a muscle relaxer! She's a brilliant humorist, and this ironic romp through post-racial America is pure genius." —Tim Wise, author, White Like Me and Between Barack and a Hard Place
"Funny, pointed, and consistently absorbing." —Davy Rothbart, creator, Found Magazine, and reporter, This American Life
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