'Colorblind' Racism

Klappentext Many of the vestiges of the Civil Rights movement in the United States! including initiatives such as affirmative action! are increasingly under attack by those who assert that the Constitution is explicitly `colourblind'. In this provocative and timely book! Leslie G Carr suggests that the Constitution can be read as `racist' and that the concept of `colourblindness' is in fact the latest in a series of racist ideologies that have been part of the fabric of the United States. Zusammenfassung Many of the vestiges of the Civil Rights movement in the United States! including initiatives such as affirmative action! are increasingly under attack by those who assert that the Constitution is explicitly `colourblind'. In this provocative and timely book! Leslie G Carr suggests that the Constitution can be read as `racist' and that the concept of `colourblindness' is in fact the latest in a series of racist ideologies that have been part of the fabric of the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Theories of Ideology Christianity, the Constitution and Slavery Sharecropping and the Rise of Evolutionary `Racist¿ Ideology National Self-Determination and the Consociational State Prelude to `Integration¿ Civil Rights and Civil Uprising The Colorblind Reaction Colorblindness Illusions and Consequences

Product details

• Authors: L. Carr, Leslie G Carr, Leslie G G Carr, Leslie G. Carr
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.1997
• EAN: 9780761904441
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0444-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General