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Whitewashing Race The Myth of a Color-Blind Society

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ISBN-10: 0520244753

ISBN-13: 9780520244757

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Kingsley Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, Troy Duster, David B. Oppenheimer

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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. If the experience of most black Americans says otherwise, an explanation has been sorely lacking--or obscured by the passions the issue provokes. At long last offering a cool, clear, and informed perspective on the subject, this book brings together a team of highly respected sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars to scrutinize…    
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Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Michael K. Brown and David Wellman are members of the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Elliott Currie, Troy Duster, and Marjorie M. Shultz are on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley; Currie is also Visiting Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and Duster is also Professor of Sociology at New York University. Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics at Stanford University. David B. Oppenheimer is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University.

Tables and Figure
Preface
Introduction:Race Preferences and Race Privileges
Of Fish and Water: Perspectives on Racism and Privilege
The 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 Politica