The hidden rules of race : barriers to an inclusive economy / Andrea Flynn [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynn, Andrea, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in stratification economics: economics and social identity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Racism--Economic aspects--United States.

Racism.

Income distribution--Social aspects--United States.

Income distribution.

Equality--Economic aspects--United States.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Why do black families own less than white families? Why does school segregation persist decades after Brown v. Board of Education? Why is it harder for black adults to vote than for white adults? Will addressing economic inequality solve racial and gender inequality as well? This book answers all of these questions and more by revealing the hidden rules of race that create barriers to inclusion today. While many Americans are familiar with the histories of slavery and Jim Crow, we often don't understand how the rules of those eras undergird today's economy, reproducing the same racial inequities 150 years after the end of slavery and 50 years after the banning of Jim Crow segregation laws. This book shows how the fight for racial equity has been one of progress and retrenchment, a constant push and pull for inclusion over exclusion. By understanding how our economic and racial rules work together, we can write better rules to finally address inequality in America.

Contents:

Introduction: Rewriting the rules of racial inequality : an agenda for structural inclusion

American politics and economic outcomes for African Americans : a brief historical overview

Stratification economics : a general theory of intergroup inequality / William A. Darity Jr., Darrick Hamilton, Patrick L. Mason, Gregory N. Price, Alberto Dávila, Marie T. Mora, and Sue K. Stockly

Creating structural changes : the role of targeted universalism / John A. Powell, Wendy Ake

The racial rules of wealth

The racial rules of income

The racial rules of education

The racial rules of criminal justice

The racial rules of health

The racial rules of democratic participation

What will it take to rewrite the hidden rules of race?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-27860-4

1-108-28055-2

1-108-28094-3

1-108-28172-9

1-108-28328-4

1-108-27784-5

1-108-28211-3

OCLC:

1004225365