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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... elite who exercise power and who bear honor in the society - the people to whom we del- egate discretion over our lives . Suppose we undertake to ensure that there are , visibly , African Americans among that elite . Suppose this goal ...
... elite leadership cadre of African Americans at the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty - first century , " they say a very mod- est thing . In the elite schools studied by Bowen and Bok ( 1998 ) , the average admissions ...
... elite in America . There is nothing wrong with fretting over 1.2 mil- lion African - American young bodies under the physical con- trol of the state . Indeed , I am led to wonder how any thoughtful person aware of the history and the ...