Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line - Couverture souple

Branch, Enobong Hannah; Jackson, Christina

 
9781509531394: Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1509531394 ISBN 13 : 9781509531394
Editeur : Polity Press, 2019

Synopsis

At the start of the twentieth century, the pre-eminent black sociologist, W.E.B. DuBois, identified the color line as America's great problem. While the color line is increasingly variegated beyond black and white, and more openly discussed than ever before as more racial and ethnic groups call America home, his words still ring true.

Today, post-racial and colorblind ideals dominate the American narrative, obscuring the reality of racism and discrimination, hiding if only temporarily the inconvenience of deep racial disparity. This is the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations.

This book provides a sociology of the Black American experience. To be Black in America is to exist amongst myriad contradictions: racial progress and regression, abject poverty amidst profound wealth, discriminatory policing yet equal protection under the law. This book explores these contradictions in the context of residential segregation, labor market experiences, and the criminal justice system, among other topics, highlighting the historical processes and contemporary social arrangements that simultaneously reinforce race and racism, necessitating resistance in post-civil rights America.

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À propos de l?auteur

Enobong Hannah Branch is Professor of Sociology and Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Christina Jackson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stockton University

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509531394
ISBN 13 
9781509531394
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9781509531387: Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1509531386 ISBN 13 :  9781509531387
Editeur : Polity Press, 2019
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