Corey Fields on the Tavis Smiley Show

The author & assistant professor explores what it’s really like to be an African-American member of the Republican party in his text Black Elephants in the Room.

Corey D. Fields is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate at Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. His forthcoming book, Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans, uses the experiences of African-American Republicans to explore the dynamic relationship between race and political behavior in contemporary U.S. politics.

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