The Anatomy of Racial InequalitySpeaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn C. Loury has become one of our most prominent black intellectuals—and, because of his challenges to the orthodoxies of both left and right, one of the most controversial. A major statement of a position developed over the past decade, this book both epitomizes and explains Loury’s understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today—and the origins, consequences, and implications for the future of these conditions. |
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... racial inequality , the more profound idea . Indeed , I will argue that " racial stigma " should now be given pride of place over “ racial discrimination " as the con- cept which best reflects the causes of African - American ...
Glenn C. Loury. RACIAL JUSTICE by the racial poverty rates , unemployment rates , and mar- riage patterns that are documented in the Appendix . The position I hold is that race ... inequality , and that impede their identification . Moreover ...
... racial inequality . One account gives pride of place to racial discrimination . The other makes racial stigma the main concern . I have argued in favor of the latter account— relatively speaking , not taking that position in an ...