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Negrophobia and reasonable racism : the hidden costs of being Black in America / Jody David Armour.
LIBRA HV9950 .A75 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armour, Jody David.
- Series:
- Critical America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- United States.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 204 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Commendable in important respects. Armour points out problems in the theory of rational racial discrimination that many of its proponents ignore or overlook.--Randall Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Book Review"A patient meditation."--The Nation"A crucial book, at a critical time, just as white America is gradually coming to understand the hidden travails of African American life."--Bookwatch"Skillfully drawing on a wide range of referents from Greek mythology to Thomas Byes, the father of statistics, Armour plumbs our racial psychology and in the process explores the racialized nature of our daily life and our legal system."--Norfolk Virginia Journal and GuideTackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-200) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0814706401
- OCLC:
- 36138339
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