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Contents An asterisk (*) indicates previously unpublished works. Foreword: The Physics of Race By Michael Eric Dyson xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix G ENERATION I 1 The Butt 3 Black Like I Thought I Was: Race, dna, and the Man Who Knows Too Much 15 Fire and Ice: Making It Up 19 Blackness Itself 22 Down and Downer* 29 Blue Like Me: On Race and Depression 37 State of a Nati on 55 Barack Obama: Miles Traveled, Miles to Go* 57 Losing New Orleans 70 Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Of Coons, Pickaninnies, and Gold Dust Twins: Why Do Black Curios Stay Chic? 77 Behind the American- History Curtain: Washington, d.c., and the Lessons of Memory 81 They’re Going Crazy Out There 84 Star r i ng: 87 The Accidental Populist: Magic Johnson Gives Some Back 89 The Empress’s New Clothes: Serena, to the Dismay of Many, Makes the Scene 102 Falling for Tiger Woods 105 Homeboys in Outer Space and Other Transgressions: tv in Black and White 110 White Man with Attitude: How Randy Newman Went from Pop Music’s Reigning Schlub to Movie- Music Royalty 113 Stom p i ng G rou n ds 127 Welcome to Inglewood—Leave Your Aspirations Behind! Why Coming Home Has Been a Labor of Tough Love 129 x contents Rags to Richard* 144 The Eastside Boys 152 The King of Compton: Mayor Omar Bradley and His Reign of Chaos 163 Wearing the Shirt* 177 Lost Soul: A Lament for Black Los Angeles 182 Mot h e r s an d Fath e r s 197 The Last Campaign 199 Mother Roux 203 Mother, Unconceived 208 Teach on That 213 Held Back: The State of Black Education 215 Man and Superwoman 227 The Glamorous Life* 231 The Boy of Summer 241 Unsocial Studies: The Real Lessons of Hamilton High 244 P ost Scr i pt 257 The Color of Love 259 Married People Live Longer than Single People 263 ...