The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
9780374245757
Description
What do Katrina victims waiting for federal disaster relief, millionaire rappers buying vintage champagne, Ivy League professors waiting for taxis, and ghetto hustlers trying to find steady work have in common? All have claimed to be victims of racism. These days almost no one openly expresses racist beliefs or defends bigoted motives. So lots of people are victims of bigotry, but no one's a bigot? What gives? Either a lot of people are lying about their true beliefs and motivations, or a lot of people are jumping to unwarranted conclusions — or just playing the race card.  As the label of "prejudice" is applied to more and more situations, it loses a clear and agreed-upon meaning. This makes it easy for self-serving individuals and political hacks to use accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, and other types of "bias" to advance their own ends. Richard Thompson Ford, a Stanford Law School professor, brings sophisticated legal analysis, lively and eye-popping anecdotes, and plain old common sense to this heated topic. He offers ways to separate valid claims from bellyaching. Daring, entertaining, and incisive, The Race Card is a call for us to treat racism as a social problem that must be objectively understood and honestly evaluated.
Productinformatie
| Auteur | Ford, Richard Thompson |
|---|---|
| Uitgever | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publicatiedatum | 22-01-2008 |
| Aantal pagina's | 400 |
| Taal | English |
| Bindwijze | hardcover |
| Afmetingen | 3.2 x 16.5 x 23.5 centimeters |
| Gewicht | 662.2 grams |
| Editie | First Edition |
| ISBN | 9780374245757 |
| Conditie | Als nieuw |
Features
Author
Ford, Richard Thompson
Binding
hardcover
Language
English
Pages
400
Publication date
22-01-2008
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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