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Title

"Color-blind" racism / Leslie G. Carr.

Author

Carr, Leslie G.

Publication

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1997.

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Description

xiii, 193 p. : ill..; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Subject

• Racism > United States
• Race discrimination > United States
• African Americans > Race identity
• African Americans > Civil rights
• Post-racialism > United States
• United States > Race relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

ISBN

• 0761904433 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 0761904441 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^97004840^

OCLC

36767593

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library