Racecraft The Soul of Inequality in American Life

Name: Racecraft The Soul of Inequality in American Life
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ISBN: 9781844679942

ISBN-10: 1844679942

ISBN-13: 9781844679942

Edition: 2012

Authors: Barbara J. Fields, Karen E. Fields

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The election of Barack Obama was supposed to herald the dawn of a post-racial age in America—a meaningless term without a grasp of what "racial" means. Most people assume that racism grows from the perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. In this myth-busting reflection, the sociologist Karen E. Fields and the historian Barbara J. Fields argue the opposite: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call racecraft. And racecraft is intimately entwined with other forms of inequality in American life. So pervasive are the devices of racecraft in American history, economic doctrine, politics, and everyday thinking that…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 10/9/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 310
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144