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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818974803321

Autore

Emerson Michael O. <1965->

Titolo

Transcending racial barriers : toward a mutual obligations approach / / Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-989009-9

1-282-97722-9

0-19-974269-3

9786612977220

0-19-978118-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 165 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

YanceyGeorge A. <1962->

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racism - United States - History

Conflict management - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- How did we get here? -- Dealing with racism--moving beyond the past -- Dealing with racism : looking for justice -- Why we have failed -- Listening to each other -- Dealing with group interest -- The critical core -- Cultural uniqueness -- Racial solutions for a new society.

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers a balanced approach towards dealing with racial alienation. The book is a bold step forward in the debate about what sort of public policies can overcome the ethnocentrism inherent in so much of the racism we suffer from.