Racing to justice : transforming our conceptions of self and other to build an inclusive society / John A. Powell; foreword by David R. Roediger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

powell, john a., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and that there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality, these meditations on race, identity, and social policy provide an outline for laying claim to our shared humanity and a way toward healing ourselves and securing our future. Racing to Justice challenges us to replace attitudes and institutions that promote and perpetuate social suffering with those that foster relations

Contents:

Cover; Racing to Justice; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction Moving beyond the Isolated Self; PART ONE RACE AND RACIALIZATION; 1 Post-Racialism or Targeted Universalism?; 2 The Color-Blind Multiracial Dilemma: Racial Categories Reconsidered; 3 The Racing of American Society: Race Functioning as a Verb before Signifying as a Noun; PART TWO WHITE PRIVILEGE; 4 Interrogating Privilege, Transforming Whiteness; 5 White Innocence and the Courts: Jurisprudential Devices That Obscure Privilege; PART THREE THE RACIALIZED SELF

6 Dreaming of a Self beyond Whiteness and Isolation7 The Multiple Self: Implications for Law and Social Justice; PART FOUR ENGAGEMENT; 8 Lessons from Suffering: How Social Justice Informs Spirituality; Afterword; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613858566

9780253017710

0253017718

9781283546119

1283546116

9780253007353

0253007356

OCLC:

821735292