Race and Morality How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality

Name: Race and Morality How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality
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ISBN: 9780306465130

ISBN-10: 0306465132

ISBN-13: 9780306465130

Edition: 2001

Authors: Melvyn L. Fein

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This book attempts to explain why it has been so difficult to solve America's racial problems as the country has moved from what the author describes as a closed caste to an open class society. The author contends that Americans fail to perceive how the legacy of slavery interferes with social mobility and highlights the values that middle-class blacks and whites need to uphold, most prominently the emphasis on freedom as opposed to total equality.

Book details

List price: $149.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 6/30/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 356
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




Moral Invisibility


Moral versus Status Invisibility


A White Problem


The Problem Misunderstood


The Long View



Moral Enemies


White Depravity


Black Innocence


The Nature of the Morality Game


Playing the Game



"Died of a Theory"


Taxi Driver


Stereotypes Exposed


Harlem


Whose Ox?



The American Creed


Values Under Assault


Equality for All


Liberty for All


An Overdose of Radical Egalitarianism



The Culture of Slavery: Origins


Morality and Culture


A Conceptual Interlude


Cultural Conservatism in Action


The Origins of Slave Culture



The Culture of Slavery: Outcomes


Transitions


A Painful Story


White Culture


Black Culture



Racial "Empowerment"


The Myth of Empowerment


Tests of Strength


A Floating Ceiling


Situational Immaturity



Change Strategies


Four Approaches to Change


The Moral Model


The Social Engineering Model


The Clinical/Educational Model


The Structural/Cultural Model



Natural Resocialization


Cultural Change


Role Change


Intrapersonal Cultural Change


Interpersonal/Intergenerational Cultural Change


The Role of the Change Agent



The Black Middle Class


Black Enablers


A Middle Class Revolution


The Change Process


Mobility-Friendly Values



The White Middle Class


White Enablers


The Stewardship Role


Change Among Whites


A Shared Humanity


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index