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Author

Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-

Title Racing for innocence [electronic resource] : whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action / Jennifer L. Pierce.

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xii, 233 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Public opinion.
	Whites -- United States -- Attitudes.
	Lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes.
	Women lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes.
	Racism -- United States.
	Mass media and public opinion -- United States.
	Whites -- Race identity -- United States.
	Collective memory -- United States.
	Public opinion -- United States.
	United States -- Race relations.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780804778787 (cloth alk. paper)
	9780804778794 (pbk. alk. paper)
	9780804783194 (electronic bk.)