UMP author and noted political scientist John Kenneth White addresses The Women's National Democratic Club on Sunday, November 22 at 1 p.m. (ET), on BookTV. Watch here.
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Barack Obama's America
How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
by John Kenneth White I Author Commentary: Sarah Palin
ABOUT THE BOOK: The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America.
Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and
suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church
more often than not.
Obama's election marks a new era, the author
writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time
low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to
more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and
civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized
religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of
themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining
moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on
demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America. More info here.



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