Discrimination by default :: how racism becomes routine /

Much as we "select" computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options-we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by...

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Main Author: Wang, Lu-in
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Series:Critical America.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Much as we "select" computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options-we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by default creates a situation in which disparate outcomes are expected, accepted, and taken for granted. The killing of Amadou Diallo, racial disparities in medical care, the dominance of Whites and men in certain professions, and even the uneven media attention paid to crimes depending on their victims' race a
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 187 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-175) and index.
ISBN:142941488X
9781429414883
9780814793794
0814793797
0814795064
9780814795064
0814784674
9780814784679

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