The Anatomy of Racial InequalitySpeaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn 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. Using an economist's approach, Loury describes a vicious cycle of tainted social information that has resulted in a self-replicating pattern of racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination. His analysis shows how the restrictions placed on black development by stereotypical and stigmatizing racial thinking deny a whole segment of the population the possibility of self-actualization that American society reveres--something that many contend would be undermined by remedies such as affirmative action. On the contrary, this book persuasively argues that the promise of fairness and individual freedom and dignity will remain unfulfilled without some forms of intervention based on race. Brilliant in its account of how racial classifications are created and perpetuated, and how they resonate through the social, psychological, spiritual, and economic life of the nation, this compelling and passionate book gives us a new way of seeing--and, perhaps, seeing beyond--the damning categorization of race in America. |
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... Economic conditions . 3. African Americans - Civil rights . 4. Race discrimination — United States . 5. Race discrimination - Political aspects — United States . 6. United States - Race relations . 7. United States - Race relations ...
... Economic conditions . 3. African Americans - Civil rights . 4. Race discrimination — United States . 5. Race discrimination - Political aspects — United States . 6. United States - Race relations . 7. United States - Race relations ...
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... economic marginality, and to find possible remedies for this situation. The first chapter of my doctoral dissertation (submitted in 1976 to the Economics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and written under the ...
... economic marginality, and to find possible remedies for this situation. The first chapter of my doctoral dissertation (submitted in 1976 to the Economics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and written under the ...
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... Economic Review . Much of the analysis in Chapter 2 derives from this collabo- rative research . Then , in 1997 ( with the full support of my university's administration , for which I am grateful ) , I founded the Insti- tute on Race ...
... Economic Review . Much of the analysis in Chapter 2 derives from this collabo- rative research . Then , in 1997 ( with the full support of my university's administration , for which I am grateful ) , I founded the Insti- tute on Race ...
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... Economics and of Afro - American Studies , I began to despair of the possibility that I could successfully integrate my love of economic sci- ence with my passion for thinking broadly and writing use- fully about the issue of race in ...
... Economics and of Afro - American Studies , I began to despair of the possibility that I could successfully integrate my love of economic sci- ence with my passion for thinking broadly and writing use- fully about the issue of race in ...
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... economics. I also draw on relevant scholarly literatures in sociology, political science, and history. Though no new evidence is presented, this treatment points to a novel conceptual framework for assim- ilating the evidence at hand. I ...
... economics. I also draw on relevant scholarly literatures in sociology, political science, and history. Though no new evidence is presented, this treatment points to a novel conceptual framework for assim- ilating the evidence at hand. I ...
Contents
2 Racial Stereotypes | 15 |
3 Racial Stigma | 55 |
4 Racial Justice | 109 |
5 Conclusions | 155 |
Appendix | 173 |
Notes | 205 |
References | 215 |
Index | 221 |
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