Race in the mind of America : breaking the vicious circle between Blacks and whites / / Paul L. Wachtel

• Autore: Wachtel Paul L. <1940->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8/00973
• Soggetto topico: Racism - United States - Psychological aspects
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Psychological aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-321) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction The Ironic Dynamics of Race; Talking about Racism How Our Dialogue Gets Short-circuited; Blaming the Victim?; The Debate over Culture; Ideology and IQ Moving beyond the Bell Curve; Is Racism Inevitable? Motivational Foundations of White Racial Attitudes; Prejudice without Intention? ~Cognitive~ Foundations of White Racial Attitudes; The Complexities of the Black Response to Oppression Strengths and Vulnerabilities, Pride and Self-Doubt; Integration, Assimilation, and Separatism The Ambiguities of Identity ; Crime and the Multiple Causes and Effects of InequalitySeparate Neighborhoods, Separate Destinies; Beyond Affirmative Action Toward a Resolution of Our Divisions; Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Disadvantage Head Starts, Handicaps, and the Importance of Ongoing Life Circumstances; Beyond Black and White; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Watchel challenges the orthodoxies that shape black and white opinion and liberal and conservative policies, and applies principles to solving racial tensions that may be applied to other groups beyond the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Race in the mind of America
• ISBN: 1-135-96349-5; 0-203-45505-3; 1-135-96350-9; 1-280-20260-2; 0-203-42932-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170995303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II