Format:
Online-Ressource (243 p)
ISBN:
9780691128696
Content:
What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly? This bold and provocative book questions the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices. Richard Ford argues against law reform proposals that would attempt to apply civil rights protections to "cultural difference." Unlike many criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about "reverse discrimination" or the erosion of core Western cult
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Preface; PREAMBLE; 1. DIFFERENCE DISCOURSE; 2. IDENTITIES AS COLLECTIVE ACTION; 3. "CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION"; 4. THE ENDS OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW; POSTSCRIPT: BEYOND DIFFERENCE; Notes; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400826308
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691128696
Additional Edition:
Print version Racial Culture : A Critique
Language:
English
Keywords:
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