ISBN:
9781438482989
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (192 p)
Series Statement:
SUNY Series in African American Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Martin, Lori Latrice America in Denial
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Race discrimination
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Race discrimination Government policy
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African Americans Social conditions
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Equality
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Political planning
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United States Race relations
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Culture versus Structure -- Cultural Explanations -- Structural Explanations -- Cultural and Structural Arguments Combined -- Washington v. Davis -- Takao Ozawa v. United States -- Whiteness and the Myth of a Postracial Society -- Chapter One The Road to a Race-Fair America: How America Lost Its Way -- Color Consciousness and Colorblind Rhetoric in America -- American Civil Religion -- Why White Backlash -- Chapter Two Wealth, Inclusivity, and Exclusion -- Wealth Inequality in America -- Racial Wealth Inequality
Abstract:
Causes and Consequences of Persistent Racial Wealth Inequality -- Narrowing the Gap -- Social Impact Bonds -- Child and Individual Development Accounts -- Baby Bonds -- Race and Violent Financial Instruments in America -- Where Do We Go from Here: Fear versus Fairness -- Conclusion: Fear or Fairness -- Chapter Three From Compulsory Education to Universal Disappointment -- History of Race and Education -- Baton Rouge and the Formation of the City of St. George -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four The Color of Justice -- History of Race and Crime
Abstract:
Chapter Five Resistance and Racial Progress: Kaepernick and the Practice of Leadership -- Racial Uplift and a Policy of Submission -- Du Bois and Social Justice -- The Politics of Respectability -- Racial Realism and the Myth of Racial Equality -- Afro-Pessimism and Modern-Day Slavery -- Resistance and Free Agency: From Abe Hawkins to Colin Kaepernick -- Adaptive Leadership and New Social Movements -- Conclusion -- Conclusion Changing Course: Race-Transcendent Prophets Must Lead the Way -- Race Fairness, Race Consciousness, and the Belief in American Civil Religion: A Matter of Intensity
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Description based upon print version of record
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References -- Index
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