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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... self - confirming racial stereotypes . ' SELF - CONFIRMING RACIAL STEREOTYPES spe- A " self - confirming stereotype " is a statistical generalization about some class of persons regarding what is taken with reason to be true about them ...
... self - confirming racial stereotypes . Obviously , a generalization about some group can be supported by evidence without that evidence having in any way been influenced by the actions of those making the gen- eralization . Thus not all ...
... self - confirming feedback process just illustrated treated each instance in isolation from the others , made no mention of history , and ignored factors like prejudice and misinformation — indeed , willful misinformation . Nor did it ...