03469nam 2200757 a 450 991045202330332120200520144314.00-8078-7722-0(CKB)1000000000467148(EBL)413392(OCoLC)476237321(SSID)ssj0000243489(PQKBManifestationID)11211003(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243489(PQKBWorkID)10163590(PQKB)10205762(MiAaPQ)EBC413392(Au-PeEL)EBL413392(CaPaEBR)ebr10273431(CaONFJC)MIL929594(EXLCZ)99100000000046714820051129d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe segregated origins of social security[electronic resource] African Americans and the welfare state /Mary PooleChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5688-6 0-8078-3024-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. The author challenges this basic assumption. She demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state because white policy makers shared an interest in preserving white race privilege.African AmericansEconomic conditions20th centuryAfrican AmericansGovernment policyHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansSegregationHistory20th centurySocial securityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRace discriminationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWelfare stateUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRacismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDepressions1929United StatesNew Deal, 1933-1939United StatesSocial policyUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1945Electronic books.African AmericansEconomic conditionsAfrican AmericansGovernment policyHistoryAfrican AmericansSegregationHistorySocial securityHistoryRace discriminationHistoryWelfare stateHistoryRacismPolitical aspectsHistoryDepressionsNew Deal, 1933-1939.368.4/00973Poole Mary1960-949284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452023303321The segregated origins of social security2145585UNINA