The imperative of integration:
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Main Author: Anderson, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press ©2010
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Segregation and social inequality -- Race, segregation, and material inequality in the United States -- Segregation, racial stigma, and discrimination -- Racial segregation today : a normative assessment -- Democratic ideals and segregation -- the imperative of integration -- Understanding affirmative action -- The folly and incoherence of colorblindness -- The ordeal and promise of integration
More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American president. Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all m
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 246 pages)
ISBN:1282692313
1400836824
9781282692312
9781400836826

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