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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... evidence is presented , this treatment points to a novel conceptual framework for assim- ilating the evidence at hand . I will convey that framework with the aid of simple , stylized " models " —that is , thought experiments which ...
... evidence without that evidence having in any way been influenced by the actions of those making the gen- eralization . Thus not all " reasonable " stereotypes will be self - confirming . However , I am interested here in the spe- cial ...
... evidence of racial stigma at work . Investigators studying the determinants of state- level welfare policy in the wake of the 1996 reform of federal welfare laws ( giving states greater autonomy to set their reg- ulations ) are ...