Negrophobia and reasonable racism : the hidden costs of being Black in America /

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Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armour, Jody David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1997]
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Racism > United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Racisme dans l'administration de la justice pénale.
Noirs américains > Droits.
Racisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Racism in criminal justice administration
African Americans > Civil rights
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Race relations
Racism
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax
  • The "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron
  • How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate
  • Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable
  • The "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational Discrimination
  • Why Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable
  • Race and the Subversion of Rationality
  • The "Involuntary Negrophobe"
  • The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law
  • Of Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias
  • Private Bias and Equal Protection
  • Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice
  • Blame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats, and Demons
  • Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work
  • Narrative, Consent, and Blame
  • The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism
  • "Disadvantaged Social Background"
  • Opponents Grasp at Straws
  • Ideological Agendas
  • Repealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit
  • Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists
  • Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias
  • Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom.

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