@article{437882, author = {Christie, Ron,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437882}, title = {Acting white : the curious history of a racial slur /}, publisher = {Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,}, abstract = {A history of the slanderous phrase "acting white" demonstrates the backlash against successful, well-mannered, or well-educated African Americans while tracing the history of the insult's usage from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Bill Cosby's controversial NAACP speech in 2004.}, recid = {437882}, pages = {viii, 290 p. ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {2010}, }