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Author Lasch-Quinn, Elisabeth.

Title Race experts : how racial etiquette, sensitivity training, and new age therapy hijacked the civil rights revolution / Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Norton, c2001.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.8 L332r    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xviii, 267 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-254) and index.
Contents The new racial etiquette : the ritual of racial reprimand -- Radical chic and the rise of a politics of therapy -- The encounter group : a new interracial mode for integration -- Racial identity theory : groundwork for a renewal of suspicion -- Revolt against repression : New Age therapy from the fringe to mainstream -- A world of endless slights : diversity training and its illogical consequences -- In perpetual recovery : the problem with multicultural education for self-esteem.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Multiculturalism.
Diversity in the workplace.
Multicultural education.
Cross-cultural counseling.
Interpersonal relations.
Etiquette -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN 039304873X

 
    
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