Seeing A Colorblind Future Paradox of race - Couverture souple

Williams, Patricia J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0374525331 ISBN 13 : 9780374525330

Editeur : Fsg Adult, 1998

Synopsis

In these five eloquent and passionate pieces (which she gave as the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC) Patricia J. Williams asks how we might achieve a world where "color doesn't matter"--where whiteness is not equated with normalcy and blackness with exoticism and danger. Drawing on her own experience, Williams delineates the great divide between "the poles of other people's imagination and the nice calm center of oneself where dignity resides," and discusses how it might be bridged as a first step toward resolving racism. Williams offers us a new starting point--"a sensible and sustained consideration"--from which we might begin to deal honestly with the legacy and current realities of our prejudices.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patricia J. Williams is a columnist ("Diary of a Mad Lawyer," The Nation), and a professor of law at Columbia University. Her books include Open House, The Rooster's Egg and The Alchemy of Race and Rights. She also contributes regularly to Ms. and The Village Voice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fsg Adult
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374525331
• ISBN 13: 9780374525330
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible