Title The anatomy of racial inequality / Glenn C. Loury

Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations Series W.E.B. Du Bois lectures W.E.B. Du Bois lectures. Contents Racial stereotypes -- Racial stigma -- Racial justice Summary Annotation. Speaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn Loury has become one of our most prominent black intellectuals--and, because of his challenges to the orthodoxies of both left and right, one of the most controversial. A major statement of a position developed over the past decade, this book both epitomizes and explains Loury's understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today--and the origins, consequences, and implications for the future of these conditions. Using an economist's approach, Loury describes a vicious cycle of tainted social information that has resulted in a self-replicating pattern of racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination. His analysis shows how the restrictions placed on black development by stereotypical and stigmatizing racial thinking deny a whole segment of the population the possibility of self-actualization that American society reveres--something that many contend would be undermined by remedies such as affirmative action. On the contrary, this book persuasively argues that the promise of fairness and individual freedom and dignity will remain unfulfilled without some forms of intervention based on race. Brilliant in its account of how racial classifications are created and perpetuated, and how they resonate through the social, psychological, spiritual, and economic life of the nation, this compelling and passionate book gives us a new way of seeing--and, perhaps, seeing beyond--the damning categorization of race in America Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215]-219) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- African Americans -- Economic conditions. African Americans -- Civil rights. Race discrimination -- United States. Race discrimination -- Political aspects -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Social conditions Race discrimination Race discrimination -- Political aspects Race relations Race relations -- Political aspects Ethnische Beziehungen Schwarze Soziale Situation Wirtschaftliche Lage Rassendiscriminatie. Sociaal-economische situatie. Relations interethniques -- Aspect politique. Relations interethniques -- Aspect économique. Noirs américains -- Conditions sociales. Noirs américains -- Conditions économiques -- 1990-. Discrimination raciale -- Etats-Unis. 15.85 history of America. 71.62 ethnic relations (sociology) SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects Subject United States USA Schwärze États-Unis -- Relations interethniques. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001039192 ISBN 9780674040328 0674040325 9780674012424 0674012429

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