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Minorities and Representation in American Politics is the first book of its kind to examine underrepresented minorities with a framework based on four types of representation?descriptive, formalistic, symbolic, and substantive. Through this lens, author Rebekah Herrick looks at race, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities not in isolation but synthesized within every chapter. This enables readers to better recognize both the similarities and differences of groups? underrepresentation. Herrick also applies her unique and constructive approach to intergroup cooperation and intersectionality, highlighting the impact that groups can have on one another.
Minorities and Representation
Minorities and Representation
The first woman to make a serious run for president was not Hillary Clinton, and the first African American was not Barack Obama. Rather, the first woman and the first African American to toss her hat into the ring was Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D, NY) who did so in 1972. Although she was never favored to win, she did get 430,000 primary votes and 151 convention delegates by building a coalition of women and African American voters.1 Her race for president and her congressional career were structured by her race and gender and the interplay of the two. Although she was African American, many African leaders did not back her campaign because they felt it was time for a ...
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