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Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line

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ISBN13
9781509531394
יצא לאור ב
Oxford
זמן אספקה
21 ימי עסקים
עמודים
224
פורמט
Paperback / softback
תאריך יציאה לאור
13 בדצמ׳ 2019
"To be Black in America is to exist amongst myriad contradictions: racial progress and regression, abject poverty amidst profound wealth, discriminatory policing yet equal protection under the law. This book explores these contradictions to provide a sociology of Black lives in America today"--
At the start of the twentieth century, the pre-eminent black sociologist, W.E.B. DuBois, identified the color line as America's great problem. While the color line is increasingly variegated beyond black and white, and more openly discussed than ever before as more racial and ethnic groups call America home, his words still ring true. Today, post-racial and colorblind ideals dominate the American narrative, obscuring the reality of racism and discrimination, hiding if only temporarily the inconvenience of deep racial disparity. This is the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations. This book provides a sociology of the Black American experience. To be Black in America is to exist amongst myriad contradictions: racial progress and regression, abject poverty amidst profound wealth, discriminatory policing yet equal protection under the law. This book explores these contradictions in the context of residential segregation, labor market experiences, and the criminal justice system, among other topics, highlighting the historical processes and contemporary social arrangements that simultaneously reinforce race and racism, necessitating resistance in post-civil rights America.
מידע נוסף
עמודים 224
פורמט Paperback / softback
ISBN10 1509531394
יצא לאור ב Oxford
תאריך יציאה לאור 13 בדצמ׳ 2019
תוכן עניינים Spotlights on Resistance Contributors Introduction Are We `Post-Racial' Yet? Chapter 1 How Blacks Became the Problem: American Racism and the Fight for Equality Chapter 2 Crafting the Racial Frame: Blackness and the Myth of the Monolith with Candace S. King and Emmanuel Adero Chapter 3 Whose Life Matters? Value and Disdain in American Society Chapter 4 Staying Inside the Red Line: Housing Segregation and the Rise of the Ghetto Chapter 5 Who Gets to Work? Understanding the Black Labor Market Experience Chapter 6 Is Justice Blind? Race and the Rise of Mass Incarceration with Lucius Couloute Chapter 7 Reifying the Problem: Racism and the Persistence of the Color Line in American Politics with Emmanuel Adero Epilogue About the Contributors Glossary References
זמן אספקה 21 ימי עסקים