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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... racial stereotypes , or disrupt their reproduction through time ? Why doesn't somebody do something about the entrenchment and reification of this way of thinking ? If race - based classification is a human product - a social ...
... race - blind principle into the domain of evaluation . They may object to race - based selection rules , but they do not object to the pursuit of explicitly race - egalitarian outcomes through public policies that take no notice of race ...
... race ” in quotes , relying on the reader's understanding of what I intend with the term . 5. Eloquent and powerful arguments exposing ethical and philosophical problems with the “ race ... based feelings of loyalty , pride , and kinship are ...