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

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.
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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.