Race and Morality: How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality

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Springer Science & Business Media, 30 juin 2001 - 356 pages
After I had finished my presentation, a colleague and I sat rocking on the hotel porch to discuss its merits. It was a picture-perfect fall day in Jekyll Island Georgia, and he was a friend. Yes, he explained, what I was saying seemed to be true. And yes it probably needed to be said, but why did I want to be the one to say it? Wasn't I, after all, a tenured professor who didn't need to make a fuss in order to retain his job? Didn't it make sense to just kick back and enjoy the easy life I had earned? The topic of our tete-a-tete was my speculations about race relations and he was certain that too much honesty could only get me in trouble. Given my lack of political correct ness, people were sure to assume that I was a racist and not give me a fair hearing. This was a prospect I had previously contemplated. Long before embarking on this volume I had often asked myself why I wanted to write it. The ideological fervor that dominates our public dialogue on race guaran teed that some people would perceive me as a dangerous scoundrel who had to be put in his place.
 

Table des matières

Moral Invisibility
1
Moral Enemies
23
Died of a Theory
49
The American Creed
71
Origins
99
Outcomes
125
Racial Empowerment
165
Change Strategies
193
Natural Resocialization
225
The Black Middle Class
249
The White Middle Class
271
Endnotes
293
Bibliography
327
Index
347
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