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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... racism or race - based unfairness in U.S. society still exist . To the contrary , although the extent of overt racial discrimination against blacks has obviously declined over the last half - century , it seems to me equally obvious that ...
Glenn C. Loury. THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY heroes , and villains . It involves discrimination in the infor- mal , private spheres of life.9 Now , there is a fundamental difference between these types of discrimination . Discrimination ...
... Discrimination . See Racial discrimination Discriminatory associations , 99-103 Douglass , Frederick , 119–120 , 164 Dred Scott decision ( 1857 ) , 120 Drugs , 80 , 83-84 , 136-137 , 212nn7,8 D'Souza , Dinesh , 205n5 Du Bois , W. E. B. ...