Whitewashing race : the myth of a color-blind society / Michael K. Brown ... [et al.].

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Other Authors: Brown, Michael K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, c2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Race preferences and race privileges
  • Of fish and water : perspectives on racism and privilege
  • 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 political equality
  • Conclusion: Facing up to race.