White-Washing Race
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| Author | Michael K.Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, Troy Duster, David Oppenheimer, Majorie M. Shultz, and David Wellman |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Social Science: Racism & Racial Relations |
| Publisher | The University of California Press |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 349 |
| ISBN | 0-520-24475-3 |
| OCLC | 58830265 |
White-Washing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society is a book arguing that racial discrimination is still evident on contemporary American society. The book draws on he fields of sociology, political science, economics, criminology, and legal studies. The authors argue that the inequalities which prevail in America today, especially with regard to wages, income, and access to housing and health care, are the effects of either cultural or individual failures.
The book provides an alternative explanation: that racism—particularly insitutionalized racism—is as much a problem in America as in earlier times. Such inequalities continue to exist in the labor market, the welfare state, the criminal justice system, and schools and universities. The book recounts the history of advancement among black Americans since the 1960s, and current anti-discrimination policies, but advocates new policies for increased racial equality in a post-affirmative action world.
About the Authors
Seven authors made significant contributions to this groundbreaking book. Michael K. Brown and David Wellman are currently professors at UC Santa Cruz. Marjorie M. Schultz, Troy Duster, and Elliott Currie are currently employed at UC Berkeley, while Currie is also a visiting Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University.
Troy Duster is also a Professor at New York University. David B. Oppenheimer is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Martin Carnoy is currently employed at Stanford University as a Professor of Education and Economics.
Reviews
"An excellent and often enlightening survey of policy issues" --Richard M. Valelly, Political Science Quarterly
Awards
- Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award: Gustavus Myers Awards
- Benjamin L. Hooks Outstanding Book Award: Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
- C. Wright Mills Award Finalist: Society for the Study of Social Problems
See also
- Racism in the United States
- Poverty in the United States
- Color blindness (race)
- Constitutional colorblindness
Related Books
- Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau,
- Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood by Maria Kefalas,
- Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past by David R. Roediger
External links
- http://www.amazon.com/Whitewashing-Race-Color-Blind-Foundation-American/dp/0520237064
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/rhetoric_and_public_affairs/v009/9.2novkov.html
- http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~novkov/research/brownetalrev.htm
- http://www.longviewinstitute.org/bookstore/whitewashing
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp3713.pdf
References
- Brown K.,Michael.White-Washing Race:The Myth of a Color-blind Society.Berkeley,CA.University of California Press,2003.