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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... slavery in America casts a long shadow , one with contemporary rele- vance . So it is worthwhile to offer now some motivation for my decision to adopt Axiom 3 . In his profound treatise Slavery and Social Death , the historical ...
... slavery , became , in the ( American ) case at hand , inseparable from the social meaning of race . So my syllogism is this : In general , slaves are always pro- foundly dishonored persons . In the experience of the United States , slavery ...
... slavery American political culture of the dishonor engendered by racial slavery . It is crucial to understand that this is not mainly an issue of the personal attitudes of individual Americans . To reject my argument here with the claim ...