Blinded by the whites : why race still matters in 21st-century America /
The scholar and author posits that the election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between Blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of Black prisoners, and dispariti...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Blacks in the diaspora.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=639887 |
| Summary: | The scholar and author posits that the election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between Blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of Black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. -- Description from dust jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 173 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781299853584 1299853587 9780253011039 0253011035 9780253010964 0253010969 |