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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... questions , such as : 1. If the racial markers are truly arbitrary , then why are the blacks so often on the short end of this process ? ( I will call this Good Question # 1 . ) 2. If the association between payoff - irrelevant markers ...
... Question # 1 . Now , consider Good Question # 2 , which might be expanded as follows : Why don't people learn about the self- confirming feedback mechanism and intervene so as to break the production of racial stereotypes , or disrupt ...
... question of fundamental importance is raised in this literature — a question concerning the right ordering of rela- tions between the state ( which has a monopoly on the legiti- mate exercise of coercion ) and the citizenry ( which must ...