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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... are so readily observed in American social life. One overriding reality motivates this reflection: Nearly a century and a half after the destruction of the institution of THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY slavery, and a half-century past.
... are so readily observed in American social life. One overriding reality motivates this reflection: Nearly a century and a half after the destruction of the institution of THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY slavery, and a half-century past.
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Glenn C. LOURY, Glenn C Loury. THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY slavery, and a half-century past the dawn of the civil rights movement, social life in the United States continues to be characterized by significant racial stratification ...
Glenn C. LOURY, Glenn C Loury. THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY slavery, and a half-century past the dawn of the civil rights movement, social life in the United States continues to be characterized by significant racial stratification ...
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... slavery and its aftermath. This inherited stigma even today exerts an inhibiting effect on the extent to which African Americans can realize their full human potential. I defend Axiom 1—the claim that “race” is best viewed in social ...
... slavery and its aftermath. This inherited stigma even today exerts an inhibiting effect on the extent to which African Americans can realize their full human potential. I defend Axiom 1—the claim that “race” is best viewed in social ...
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... slavery, American society is still marred by the social disadvantage of African Ameri- cans. When this fact is decried, increasingly one encounters this retort: “Why should a concern about social deprivation take any notice of 'race ...
... slavery, American society is still marred by the social disadvantage of African Ameri- cans. When this fact is decried, increasingly one encounters this retort: “Why should a concern about social deprivation take any notice of 'race ...
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... slaves and their descendants have been unprece- dented in American history . Only Native Americans have had an experience that could plausibly be seen as comparable , and that is a subject obviously requiring its own treatment . THE ...
... slaves and their descendants have been unprece- dented in American history . Only Native Americans have had an experience that could plausibly be seen as comparable , and that is a subject obviously requiring its own treatment . THE ...
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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