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 disparity does not strike a powerful observer as being dis- turbing , anomalous , contrary to his unexamined and per- haps not even consciously espoused presumptions about the nature of his social world , then he may make no ...
... disparity comes as no surprise . ” This is not often said directly , but it is the tacit public belief , and it may be a valid claim about gen- der differences . Few thoughtful people would knowingly espouse such a view about racial ...
... racial disparity in its application ? ( Here I am supposing for the sake of argument that the processes of policing , judging , and sentencing that lead to persons being executed are not racially biased , and I am asking whether we ...