ISBN:
9780520938755
,
0520938755
,
1417508167
,
9781417508167
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 338 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
ACLS Humanites E-book
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Whitewashing race
DDC:
305.896073
Keywords:
Racism United States
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
Racism
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
African Americans ; Civil rights
;
Race relations
;
Racism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction: Race preferences and race privileges -- Of fish and water : perspectives on racism and privilege -- Bankruptcy of virtuous markets : racial inequality, poverty, and "individual failure" -- Keeping Blacks in their place : race, education, and testing -- Been in the pen so long : race, crime, and justice -- Civil rights and racial equality : employment discrimination law, affirmative action, and quotas -- Color-blindness as color consciousness : voting rights and political equality -- Conclusion: Facing up to race.
Abstract:
White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that undeniably persist--in wages, family income, access to housing or health care--can be attributed to African Americans' cultural and individual failures
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-324) and index. - Description based on print version record
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