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The color bind : talking (and not talking) about race at work / Erica Gabrielle Foldy and Tamara R. Buckley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foldy, E. (Erica), author.
- Buckley, Tamara R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism in social services--United States.
- Racism in social services.
- Social service--Practice--United States.
- Social service.
- Social workers--United States.
- Social workers.
- Teams in the workplace.
- Social service--Practice.
- United States.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Diversity in the workplace--United States.
- Diversity in the workplace.
- Teams in the workplace--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Since the 1960s, the dominant model for fostering diversity and inclusion in the United States has been the "color blind" approach, which emphasizes similarity and assimilation and insists that people should be understood as individuals, not as members of racial or cultural groups. This approach is especially prevalent the workplace, where discussions about race and ethnicity are considered taboo. Yet, as widespread as "color blindness" has become, many studies show that the practice has negative repercussions, including reinforcing the existing racial hierarchy by ignoring the significance of racism and discrimination. In The Color Bind, workplace experts Erica Foldy and Tamara Buckley investigate race relations in office setting, looking at how both color blindness and what they call "color cognizance" have profound effects on the ways coworkers think and interact with each other. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Color Bind 1
- Chapter 2 Achieving Color Cognizance 13
- Chapter 3 Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Reflection and Deflection 37
- Chapter 4 Color-Cognizant Practice: Team North 59
- Chapter 5 Color-Evasive Practice: Team East 87
- Chapter 6 Color-Hostile Practice: Team South 109
- Chapter 7 An Explanatory Model of Racial-Cultural Practice 133
- Chapter 8 The Nature of the Terrain: Flaws and Contradictions 143
- Chapter 9 What We've Learned (and Still Need to Learn) 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781610448215
- 1610448219
- Publisher Number:
- 99976954567
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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