03555nam 2200781 a 450 991080861100332120240516213927.00-8047-8319-510.1515/9780804783194(CKB)2670000000233780(EBL)990658(OCoLC)807944315(SSID)ssj0000738975(PQKBManifestationID)12309462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738975(PQKBWorkID)10687339(PQKB)10966849(MiAaPQ)EBC990658(DE-B1597)564158(DE-B1597)9780804783194(Au-PeEL)EBL990658(CaPaEBR)ebr10587952(OCoLC)1198929928(EXLCZ)99267000000023378020120406d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRacing for innocence[electronic resource] whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action /Jennifer L. Pierce1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20121 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7878-7 0-8047-7879-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? Racing for Innocence addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980's and early 1990's-just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though...Affirmative action programsUnited StatesPublic opinionWhite peopleUnited StatesAttitudesLawyersUnited StatesAttitudesWomen lawyersUnited StatesAttitudesRacismUnited StatesMass media and public opinionUnited StatesWhite peopleRace identityUnited StatesCollective memoryUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsAffirmative action programsPublic opinion.White peopleAttitudes.LawyersAttitudes.Women lawyersAttitudes.RacismMass media and public opinionWhite peopleRace identityCollective memoryPublic opinion331.13/30973Pierce Jennifer L.1958-1118351MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808611003321Racing for innocence4030607UNINA