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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... DISCRIMINATION To see this more clearly , let us consider an elemental dis- tinction between two kinds of behavior : discrimination in contract and discrimination in contact . The phrase " discrim- ination in contract " is meant to ...
... discrimination in contact . That is , as a political ( not a moral ) proposition , practicing discrimination in contact may be essential to ending discrimination in contract . Moreover , to reverse the effects of generations of brutal ...
... discrimination in contact will arise . So we have on the one hand a formal sector of contract and on the other hand ... discriminatory— RACIAL STIGMA because they are ! Even so , insiders 98.