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Race Neutrality : Rationalizing Remedies to Racial Inequality

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018 [©2018]

1 online resource (215 pages)

Englisch

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978-0-7391-8562-9

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LOC-SH: Racism-Economic aspects-United States.. ; Income distribution-United States.. ; United States-Race relations-Economic aspects

Using illustrations from research on racial inequality in varied domains from public procurement and contracting to mortgage lending to child maltreatment to competitive swimming, Race Neutrality: Rationalizing Remedies to Racial Inequality argues that race neutrality-while desirable on its face-often fails to do what it is intended to do.

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Cover -- Race Neutrality -- Race Neutrality: Rationalizing Remedies to Racial Inequality -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Problem* -- Historical Underpinnings -- The Economic Case for Diversity -- The Economic Case against Diversity -- The Post-Obama/Race-Neutrality Phase -- The Minnesota Paradox17 -- Are Blacks Worse Off in Minnesota Than in Mississippi?21 -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Problem Structuring, Race, and Policy Analysis* -- Race Analysis -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- The Curious Case of Competitive Swimming and Racial Disparities in Drowning* -- The Minnesota Context: Racial Discrimination without Racism -- Drowning Rates: The Minnesota Paradox, Once Again -- The Public Health Rationale for Reducing Racial Disparities in Swimming -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- The Problem of Racial Disparities in Child Maltreatment* -- Minnesota Once Again1 -- Perceptions Matter4 -- Implications -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Public Procurement and Contracting -- Methods of Disparity Studies -- The FTA Guidelines -- Race-Neutral Goal Strategies -- Are Goals Needed? The Case of Asians -- Do Non-DBEs Benefit from DBE Programs? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Markets, Market Failure, and Black-White Earnings Inequality -- Markets and the Efficient Allocation of Resources -- When Markets Fail-Classic Examples -- Is Racial Inequality a Form of Market Failure? -- Markets and Increasing Interracial Inequality: Widening Gaps in Unfettered Markets -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Deterrence as a Race-Neutral Strategy -- The Problem -- The Homeownership Context -- The Fair Lending Context -- Theoretical Background -- Results -- Caveats and Limitations -- Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Compliance as a Race-Neutral Strategy.