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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Glenn C. Loury. THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY information is to classify the persons we encounter — that is , form ... classification . " 2 RACIAL CLASSIFICATION AS A COGNITIVE ACT As befits an economist , I employ the concept of ...
... classification cannot be definitively assessed absent some consideration of the purposes on behalf of which the classifying act has been undertaken . That is , the simple fact ... RACIAL INEQUALITY By focusing on racial classification 19.
... racial categorization , or that the operation of a signifi- cant social institution is influenced by the practice of racial classification . 7. Again , I belabor what may be obvious only because the literature on the ethics of racial ...