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Book Review| April 01 2022 Review: The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotions in Politics, by Davin Phoenix The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotions in Politics, by Davin Phoenix. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 282 pages. $29.99 (paper). ISBN: 978-1-108-72533-0. J. Benjamin Taylor J. Benjamin Taylor Kennesaw State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar National Review of Black Politics (2022) 3 (1-2): 54–57. https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2022.3.1-2.54 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation J. Benjamin Taylor; Review: The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotions in Politics, by Davin Phoenix. National Review of Black Politics 1 April 2022; 3 (1-2): 54–57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2022.3.1-2.54 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNational Review of Black Politics Search Davin Phoenix’s The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotions in Politics contributes to the literatures on behavior, affect, and race in American politics. His aims are made clear in chapter 1, where he says, “[T]he main endeavor of this book is…to offer a framework for assessing how racial differences in emotion translate into racial disparities in political participation” (5). Phoenix claims there is an “anger gap” between Black and white Americans that explains differences in campaign tactics, political mobilization, and political attitudes in the Black community. Chapter 1 lays out an elegant framework describing the divergent emotional experiences facing Black and white Americans. Phoenix’s main point, beyond laying out the plan for the book, is that the risks for being “angry while Black” in American culture are significant and ever-present. Given this widespread understanding, particularly among African Americans, it is clear anger may not be the emotional path to political... You do not currently have access to this content.
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