It is a truly new dawn: Blacks and the politics of the postmodern age |
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Affiliation: | 1. Research Center of Tourism and Hospitality Management, College of Tourism, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362021, PR China;2. Ming Chuan University, Department of Leisure & Recreation Management, School of Tourism, 5 De Ming Rd., Gui Shan District, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | This interpretive essay uses insights from cultural and postmodern theory, literature, history, and economics, interspersed with personal observations and narrative, to argue that the present historical ‘moment’ is ushering in a qualitatively new era for blacks. Culturally, American society is more truly inclusive of the black presence and interests—symbolized by the ‘arrival’ of Toni Morrison; the hegemony of the Westernized worldviews is weakened, creating a space for legitimate claims of difference to be actualized. While the moment is opportune for attempting to create a “cooperatively diverse” world, the altered socio-economic configuration of the new global order makes it progressively difficult for the old politics of pluralism to persist. In this essay, I argue that the emerging global order requires a shift to a new politics of recognition and a more equitable political partnership. In the main, the task is to fashion those accommodations that will enable blacks and whites (and additional Other(s)) to construct a new social and economic agenda from this new interdependence. |
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