Anatomy of Racial Inequality - With a New Preface

Loury describes a cycle of tainted social information that has resulted in a self-replicating pattern of racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination. His analysis shows how restrictions placed on Black development by stereotypical and stigmatizing thinking deny a segment of the population the possibility of self-actualization.

About the author

Glenn C. Loury is Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at Brown University. An award-winning economic theorist, he is the author of One by One from the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America and coauthor of Race, Incarceration, and American Values.

Summary

Loury describes a cycle of tainted social information that has resulted in a self-replicating pattern of racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination. His analysis shows how restrictions placed on Black development by stereotypical and stigmatizing thinking deny a segment of the population the possibility of self-actualization.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn C. Loury, Loury Glenn C.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780674260467
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26046-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; USA, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Social discrimination and social justice