An Analysis of Race and Class Relationship in Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” Speech and Infomercial / Barack Obama’nın “A More Perfect Union” Konuşması ve Infomercial’ında Irk ve Sınıf İlişkisinin Analizi

Z E TBu makalede Barack Obama’nın ırk sorununu nasıl ele aldığı incelenmeyeçalışılmıştır. Obama’nın cilt rengi, ırk sorununu ele alış biçimini de ayrıca ilgi çekicihale getirmektedir. Obama, ırk sorununa açıkça değindiği A More Perfect Unionkonuşmasında ve televizyonlarda gösterilen Informecial’ında bu sorunun sınıfsorunu ile bağlantılı olduğunu savunur. Ona gore, ekonomik problemlerin çözümübu sorunun Amerika’daki çözümüne de yardımcı olacaktır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Barack Obama, race and class, A More Perfect Union speechAB S T R AC TThis article examines how Barack Obama discusses the race issue in his electioncampaign. Obama’s skin colour makes his approach to race issues interesting.Obama argues that race issues are related to class issues in his A More PerfectUnion speech and his infomercial where he deliberately deals with this issue. ToObama, solving the economic problems will also help to solve the race problem inAmerica.Keywords: Barack Obama, ırk ve sınıf, mükemmel birlik konuşması

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