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Author Michaels, Walter Benn, author.

Title The trouble with diversity : how we learned to love identity and ignore inequality / Walter Benn Michaels.

Publication Info. New York : Holt Paperback, 2007.
©2006

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 Axe Special Collections Rosen  305.512 M582t 2007    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition First Holt Paperbacks Edition.
Description ix, 243 pages ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.
Contents ch. 1. The trouble with race -- ch. 2. Our favorite victims -- ch. 3. Richer, not better -- ch. 4. Just and unjust rewards -- ch. 5. Who are we? Why should we care? -- ch. 6. Religion in politics : the good news.
Summary A critique of the American obsession with diversity argues that we are ignoring the ever-widening economic divide in American society, that diversity has created a false notion of social justice, and that we need to emphasize equality over diversity.
Subject Social classes -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
Multiculturalism -- United States.
Race awareness -- United States.
Group identity -- United States.
Social justice -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
Group identity. (OCoLC)fst00948442
Multiculturalism. (OCoLC)fst01028836
Race awareness. (OCoLC)fst01086455
Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
ISBN 9780805083316
0805083316

 
    
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