Trouble with Diversity How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality

Name: Trouble with Diversity How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
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ISBN: 9780805078411

ISBN-10: 080507841X

ISBN-13: 9780805078411

Edition: 2006

Authors: Walter Benn Michaels

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A brilliant assault on our obsession with every difference except the one that really matters-- the difference between rich and poor If there's one thing Americans agree on, it's the value of diversity. Our corporations vie for slots in the Diversity Top 50, our universities brag about minority recruiting, and every month is Somebody's History Month. But in this provocative new book, Walter Benn Michaels argues that our enthusiastic celebration of " difference" masks our neglect of America's vast and growing economic divide. Affirmative action in schools has not made them more open, it's just guaranteed that the rich kids come in the appropriate colors. Diversity training in the workplace…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



The Trouble with Race



Our Favorite Victims



Richer, Not Better



Just and Unjust Rewards



Who Are We? Why Should We Care?



Religion in Politics: The Good News


Conclusion: About the Author


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index