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More Beautiful and More Terrible : the Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States.

For a nation that often optimistically claims to be post-racial, we are still mired in the practices of racial inequality that plays out in law, policy, and in our local communities. One of two explanations is often given for this persistent phenomenon: On the one hand, we might be hypocritical--say...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perry, Imani, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 "It Wasn't Me!": Post-Intent and Correlational Racism; 2 It's All of Us: The Practice of Inequality; 3 Telling Tales Out of School: The Work of Racial Narratives; 4 The House That Jack Built: Inequality via Category; 5 "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me": The Racing of Privacy, Voyeurism, and Surveillance; 6 Exceptionally Yours: Racial Escape Hatches in the Contemporary United States; 7 Black Taxes and White Wages: The Social Economy of Race; Conclusion: Remediation, or from Proof to Possibility; Notes; Index.