Whitewashing race : the myth of a color-blind society / Michael K. Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, Troy Duster, David B. Oppenheimer, Marjorie M. Shultz, David Wellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Michael K., author.

Carnoy, Martin, author.

Currie, Elliott, author.

Duster, Troy, author.

Oppenheimer, David Benjamin‏, author.

Shultz, Marjorie M., author.

Wellman, David T., author.

Series:

George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies.

The George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States.

Racism.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 382 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2023 edition

Other Title:

Myth of a color-blind society

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023].

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"In an updated new edition of this classic work, a team of highly respected sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars scrutinize the resilience of racial inequality in twenty-first-century America. Whitewashing Race argues that contemporary racism manifests as discrimination in nearly every realm of American life, and is further perpetuated by failures to address the compounding effects of generations of disinvestment. Police violence, mass incarceration of Black people, employment and housing discrimination, economic deprivation, and gross inequities in health care combine to deeply embed racial inequality in American society and economy. Updated to include the most recent evidence, including contemporary research on the racially disparate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, this edition of Whitewashing Race analyzes the consequential and ongoing legacy of' disaccumulation 'for Black communities and lives. While some progress has been made, the authors argue that real racial justice can be achieved only if we actively attack and undo pervasive structural racism and its legacies."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Race Preferences and Race Privileges

1. Of Fish and Water: Perspectives on Racism and Privilege

2. The Bankruptcy of Virtuous Markets: Racial Inequality, Poverty, and “Individual Failure”

3. Keeping Blacks in Their Place: Race, Education, and Testing

4. Been in the Pen So Long: Race, Crime, and Justice

5. Civil Rights and Racial Equality: Employment Discrimination Law, Affirmative Action, and Quotas

6. Color-Blindness as Color Consciousness: Voting Rights and Political Equality

Conclusion: Facing Up to Race

Afterword to the 2023 Edition.

Notes:

"With a new afterword"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-368) and index.

Description based on online resource (viewed 12 Feb 2024), publisher-supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-39460-7

OCLC:

1347247544