Racing for Innocence : Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action.

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

& DIV & How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? & I & Racing for Innocence & /I & addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s-just as courts, univ...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pierce, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Affirmative action programs > United States > Public opinion.
White people > United States > Attitudes.
Lawyers > United States > Attitudes.
Women lawyers > United States > Attitudes.
Racism > United States.
Mass media and public opinion > United States.
White people > Race identity > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Programmes d'action positive > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Avocats > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Avocates > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Médias et opinion publique > États-Unis.
Mémoire collective > États-Unis.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Affirmative action programs > Public opinion.
Collective memory.
Lawyers > Attitudes.
Mass media and public opinion.
Public opinion.
Race relations.
Racism.
White people > Attitudes.
White people > Race identity.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:& DIV & How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? & I & Racing for Innocence & /I & addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s-just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. & BR & & BR & This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though mos.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804783194
0804783195

Ejemplares similares