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Record Nr.

UNISA996588063203316

Autore

Armour Jody David

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

0-8147-0782-3

0-585-02827-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Critical America ; ; 32

Disciplina

305.896/073

Soggetti

Racism - United States

African Americans - Civil rights

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax -- Chapter One. The "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron -- Chapter Two. The "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational Discrimination -- Chapter Three. The "Involuntary Negrophobe" -- Chapter Four. Of Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias -- Chapter Five. Blame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats, and Demons -- Chapter Six. Repealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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