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Colorblind: Barack Obama, post-racial Liberalism and the retreat from racial equity

By Obama , Tim J , Barack;Wise

Book information

Publisher
Publishers Group UK [distributor], City Lights
Year
2010
ISBN
9780872865082, 0872865088
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
273 kB (279567 bytes)
Series
Open media series
Pages
pages cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Affirmative action programs--United States;Race awBarack;Racism -- United States;Race discrimination

Description

The rise and triumph of post-racial liberalism -- Colorblind universalism and public policy -- Barack obama and the rhetoric of racial transcendence -- The trouble with post-racial liberalism -- The reality of racial disparities -- Race-based injury, inherited disadvantage and ongoing discrimination -- Dispensing with victim-blaming : the inadequacy of culture of poverty thinking -- How colorblindness can make racism worse -- Talking class, hearing race : why post-racial liberalism fails on its own terms -- Illuminated individualism : a paradigm for progressive color-consciousness -- Illuminated individualism as a key to fairness and equity -- Illuminated individualism in practice.

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