Was Blind, But Now I See - White Race Concsiousness and the Law

Summary

"Race" does not speak to most white people. This title demonstrates "transparency" phenomenon - the invisibility of whiteness to white people - profoundly affects the ways in whites make decisions: they rely on criteria perceived by the decisionmaker as race-neutral but which in fact reflect white, race-specific norms.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara J. Flagg, Charles Henry
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1997
• EAN: 9780814726433
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-2643-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Critical America
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries