Negrophobia and reasonable racism : the hidden costs of being Black in America / Jody David Armour
- Author
- Armour, Jody David
- Published
- New York : New York University Press, [1997]
- Copyright Date
- ©1997
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 204 pages).
Access Online
- hdl.handle.net , Open Access
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Restrictions on Access
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
- Contents
- Introduction: "Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax -- The "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron -- How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate -- Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable -- The "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational Discrimination -- Why Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable -- Race and the Subversion of Rationality -- The "Involuntary Negrophobe" -- The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law -- Of Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias -- Private Bias and Equal Protection -- Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice -- Blame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats, and Demons -- Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work -- Narrative, Consent, and Blame -- The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism -- "Disadvantaged Social Background" -- Opponents Grasp at Straws -- Ideological Agendas -- Repealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit -- Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists -- Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias -- Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom.
- Summary
- Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0585028273 (electronic bk.)
9780585028279 (electronic bk.)
9780814706404 (acid-free paper)
0814706401 (acid-free paper)
9780814707821
0814707823
0814706401
0814706703
9780814706701 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-200) and index.
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