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Racism in the 21st century : an empirical analysis of skin color /
In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation to assume that racism is no longer the pressing social concern in the United States that it once was. The contributors show that racism has not fallen from the forefront of American society, but is manifest in a different way. According to the auth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation to assume that racism is no longer the pressing social concern in the United States that it once was. The contributors show that racism has not fallen from the forefront of American society, but is manifest in a different way. According to the authors in this volume, in 21st century, skin color has come to replace race as an important cause of discrimination. This is evidenced in the increasing usage of the term a oepeople of colora to encompass people of a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. The editor has compiled a diverse group of c. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780387790985 0387790985 9780387790978 0387790977 |