| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
388 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-372) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Playing the race card -- Racism without racists -- Wild card: Racism-by-analogy -- Calling a spade a spade: Defining discrimination -- Clash of ends: Contested goals -- Post-racism: Why playing the race card is a crisis of success. |
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Racism without racists -- The wild card : racism by analogy -- Calling a spade a spade : defining discrimination -- The clash of ends : contested goals -- Post-racism : why the race card is a crisis of success. |
| Summary |
As the label of "prejudice" is applied to more and more situations, it loses a clear and agreed-upon meaning. This makes it easy for self-serving individuals and political hacks to use accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, and other types of "bias" to advance their own ends. Law professor Ford brings sophisticated legal analysis, lively anecdotes, and plain old common sense to this heated topic, offering ways to separate valid claims from bellyaching. This is a call for us to treat racism as a social problem that must be objectively understood and honestly evaluated.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Malicious accusation -- United States.
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Malicious accusation. |
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Rassendiscriminatie. |
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Rassenverhoudingen. |
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Juridische aspecten. |
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Verenigde Staten. |
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Racism. |
| ISBN |
9780374245757 |
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0374245754 |
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