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America in denial : how race-fair policies reinforce racial inequality in America / Lori Latrice Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Lori Latrice, author.
- Series:
- SUNY Series in African American Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race discrimination--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Race discrimination--Government policy--United States.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 180 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Examines how race-neutral programs and policies harm, rather than improve, the lives of blacks in the United States.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Culture versus Structure
- Cultural Explanations
- Structural Explanations
- Cultural and Structural Arguments Combined
- Washington v. Davis
- Takao Ozawa v. United States
- Whiteness and the Myth of a Postracial Society
- The Road to a Race-Fair America: How America Lost Its Way
- Color Consciousness and Colorblind Rhetoric in America
- American Civil Religion
- Why White Backlash
- Wealth, Inclusivity, and Exclusion
- Wealth Inequality in America
- Racial Wealth Inequality
- Causes and Consequences of Persistent Racial Wealth Inequality
- Narrowing the Gap
- Social Impact Bonds
- Child and Individual Development Accounts
- Baby Bonds
- Race and Violent Financial Instruments in America
- Where Do We Go from Here: Fear versus Fairness
- Conclusion: Fear or Fairness
- From Compulsory Education to Universal Disappointment
- History of Race and Education
- Baton Rouge and the Formation of the City of St. George
- The Color of Justice
- History of Race and Crime
- Resistance and Racial Progress: Kaepernick and the Practice of Leadership
- Racial Uplift and a Policy of Submission
- Du Bois and Social Justice
- The Politics of Respectability
- Racial Realism and the Myth of Racial Equality
- Afro-Pessimism and Modern-Day Slavery
- Resistance and Free Agency: From Abe Hawkins to Colin Kaepernick
- Adaptive Leadership and New Social Movements
- Conclusion Changing Course: Race-Transcendent Prophets Must Lead the Way
- Race Fairness, Race Consciousness, and the Belief in American Civil Religion: A Matter of Intensity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781438482989
- 1438482981
- OCLC:
- 1244621324
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