The miner's canary : enlisting race, resisting power, transforming democracy /

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Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievem...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Guinier, Lani (Author), Torres, Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Series:Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Minorities > Political activity > United States.
Coalitions.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Minorités > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Coalitions
Minorities > Political activity
Political participation
Race relations > Political aspects
Ethnische Beziehungen
Politische Beteiligung
Nationale Minderheit
Rassenverhoudingen.
Politieke participatie.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Political race and magical realism
  • A critique of colorblindness
  • Race as a political space
  • Rethinking conventions of zero-sum power
  • Enlisting race to resist hierarchy
  • The problem democracy is supposed to solve
  • Whiteness of a different color?
  • Watching the canary.

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