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The anatomy of racial inequality : with a new preface

Title
The anatomy of racial inequality : with a new preface / Glenn C. Loury.
Author
Loury, Glenn C.
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021]

Details

Description
xxxiii, 226 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary
"Loury describes a cycle of tainted social information that has resulted in a self-replicating pattern of racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination. His analysis shows how restrictions placed on Black development by stereotypical and stigmatizing thinking deny a segment of the population the possibility of self-actualization"--
Series Statement
The W.E.B. Du Bois lectures
Uniform Title
W.E.B. Du Bois lectures.
Subject
  • Since 1975
  • African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
  • African Americans > Economic conditions
  • African Americans > Civil rights
  • Race discrimination > United States
  • Race discrimination > Political aspects > United States
  • African Americans > Social conditions
  • Race discrimination
  • Race discrimination > Political aspects
  • Race relations
  • Race relations > Political aspects
  • United States > Race relations
  • United States > Race relations > Political aspects
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Racial stereotypes -- Racial stigma -- Racial justice.
ISBN
  • 9780674260467
  • 0674260465
LCCN
2021021703
OCLC
YBP 2021021703
Author
Loury, Glenn C., author.
Title
The anatomy of racial inequality : with a new preface / Glenn C. Loury.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Edition
Second paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The W.E.B. Du Bois lectures
W.E.B. Du Bois lectures.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1975
Other Editions:
Revision of: Loury, Glenn C. Anatomy of racial inequality. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, ©2002 0674006259 (DLC) 2001039192 (OCoLC)47161514
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