Discrimination by default [[electronic resource] ] : how racism becomes routine / / Lu-in Wang
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| Autore: |
Wang Lu-in
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| Titolo: |
Discrimination by default [[electronic resource] ] : how racism becomes routine / / Lu-in Wang
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7308/73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States |
| Equality before the law - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-175) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Discrimination by default, discrimination as default -- Situational racism -- Self-fulfilling stereotypes -- Failures of imagination -- Discrimination by and as default in medical care -- Overriding the default. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Much as we "select" computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options-we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by default creates a situation in which disparate outcomes are expected, accepted, and taken for granted. The killing of Amadou Diallo, racial disparities in medical care, the dominance of Whites and men in certain professions, and even the uneven media attention paid to crimes depending on their victims' race a |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Discrimination by default |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-9506-4 |
| 0-8147-8467-4 | |
| 1-4294-1488-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777605103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Critical America.