"Colorblind" Racism

Leslie G. Carr (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1997
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7619-0444-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Many of the vestiges of the Civil Rights movement, including initiatives such as affirmative action, are increasingly under attack by those who assert that the Constitution is explicitly "color-blind." In this argument, the government is not legally permitted to take race into account in a "color conscious" manner. More than 30 years have passed since the landmark Civil Rights Acts became the law of the land. Yet, one of three African American men between the ages of 18 and 27 is in the hands of the criminal justice system, churches are burning in the South, and right-wing militia groups are flourishing. In this provocative and timely book, Leslie G. Carr suggests that the Constitution can be read as "racist," and that the concept of "color-blindness" is in fact the latest in a series of racist ideologies that have been part of the American fabric. "Color-Blind" Racism provides a thorough historical grounding in racist ideologies in the United States, and will be of great interest to anyone teaching or studying race relations, public policy, urban studies, and race and politics.

Inhalt

Theories of Ideology
Christianity, the Constitution and Slavery
Sharecropping and the Rise of Evolutionary `Racist′ Ideology
National Self-Determination and the Consociational State
Prelude to `Integration′
Civil Rights and Civil Uprising
The Colorblind Reaction
Colorblindness
Illusions and Consequences

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.1997
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 139 x 215 mm
• Gewicht: 310 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7619-0444-1 / 0761904441
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-0444-1 / 9780761904441
• Zustand: Neuware