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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... institution allowing property - in - people . It is " the permanent , violent domination of natally alienated1 and generally dishonored persons . " By surveying this institution across five continents over two millennia , Patterson ...
... institutions . That is , the selves at the center of lib- eral theory are , to a not inconsiderable degree , creatures of the very systems of laws , social intercourse , and economic relations that a normative theory is to assess.3 ...
... institutions use affirmative action to ration access to their ranks , they tacitly and pub- licly confirm this ordering of moral priorities , in a salient and powerful way . This confirmation is the key civic lesson pro- jected into ...