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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... disadvantage . Chapter 4 is devoted to a discussion of racial justice . I wish to dispel at the outset any misconception that , because I am willing to use the words “ race ” and “ justice ” in the same sentence , I must of necessity be ...
... disadvantage to be observed among a group of people to qualities thought to be intrinsic to that group when , in fact , that disadvantage is the product of a system of social interactions . My contention is that in American society ...
... disadvantage of blacks and exacer- bating this disadvantage can alike be achieved with race- blind policies . Yet whereas a race - blind policy explicitly intended to harm blacks could never be morally acceptable , such policies adopted ...