Critical race narratives : a study of race, rhetoric, and injury / Carl Gutiérrez-Jones.

The beating of Rodney King, the killing of Amadou Diallo, and the LAPD Rampart Scandal: these events have been interpreted by the courts, the media and the public in dramatically conflicting ways. Critical Race Narratives examines what is at stake in these conflicts and, in so doing, rethinks racial...

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Main Author: Gutiérrez-Jones, Carl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2001.
Series:Critical America.
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Table of Contents:
  • The contours of the contemporary race debate
  • Color-blindness, acting out, and culture
  • Critical race stories and the problem of remedy
  • Historical properties, uncommon grounds
  • The sociology of racialized crime
  • Genetic liabilities and the paradox of altruism.