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Author Armour, Jody David.

Title Negrophobia and reasonable racism : the hidden costs of being Black in America / Jody David Armour.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 204 pages).
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computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Critical America
Critical America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-200) and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Summary Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.
Language English.
Subject Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale -- États-Unis.
Racisme dans l'administration de la justice pénale.
Noirs américains -- Droits.
Racisme -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Relations raciales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Racism in criminal justice administration
African Americans -- Civil rights
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Race relations
Racism
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Form: Print version: Armour, Jody David. Negrophobia and reasonable racism. New York : New York University Press, ©1997 0814706401 (DLC) 96051306 (OCoLC)36138339
ISBN 0585028273 (electronic bk.)
9780585028279 (electronic bk.)
9780814706404 (acid-free paper)
0814706401 (acid-free paper)
9780814707821
0814707823
0814706401
0814706703
9780814706701
Standard No. AU@ 000054148525
DEBBG BV043144947
DEBSZ 422616931
GBVCP 1008647357
GBVCP 800512375
NZ1 14250581

 
    
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