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9781595588821 English 1595588825 Despite the watershed election of Barack Obama and resulting claims that racial history ended that day the painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. In urgent and compelling prose, "The Race Track" dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread implicit bias. Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, "The Race Track" champions an intersectional path pioneered by Kimberle Crenshaw to racial justice, one that speaks directly to emerging generations of racial justice leaders, as well as their teachers, parents, mentors, and friends. Based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life, "The Race Track" will be the new touchstone for understanding race in America today.", Despite the watershed election of Barack Obama--and resulting claims that racial history ended that day--the painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. In urgent and compelling prose, The Race Track dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread "implicit bias." Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, The Race Track champions an "intersectional" path--pioneered by Kimberlé Crenshaw--to racial justice, one that speaks directly to emerging generations of racial justice leaders, as well as their teachers, parents, mentors, and friends. Based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life, The Race Track will be the new touchstone for understanding race in America today., Despite the watershed election of Barack Obamaand the claims that racial history ended that daythe painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. "The Race Track" dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread implicit bias. Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, "The Race Track" champions an intersectional pathpioneered by Kimberle Crenshawone that will appeal to people of all races who want to know how to speak the language of racial justice in an environment where many stubbornly claim we have already achieved it.", Written by a trio of celebrated scholars, "The Race Track" is a twenty-first-century road map to how race operates in America today. From its covert and psychological dimensions to how race plays a key role in allocating assets to some while denying them to others and a whiteness protection program that keeps race-based advantages intact, this landmark new book challenges some of society s most cherished notions about merit, markets, and choice, and about the causes and consequences of unequal racial outcomes. As leaders of a cutting-edge think-tank, the authors have crafted an essential guide to contemporary racism based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life. Amid all the post-racial rhetoric, "The Race Track" boldly claims that it is not racist to talk about race while structural racism is alive and well. Asserting that color-bound problems cannot be remedied with colorblind solutions, this courageous new work lays out what the full range of responses must be if we are truly interested in achieving justice for all people."
9781595588821 English 1595588825 Despite the watershed election of Barack Obama and resulting claims that racial history ended that day the painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. In urgent and compelling prose, "The Race Track" dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread implicit bias. Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, "The Race Track" champions an intersectional path pioneered by Kimberle Crenshaw to racial justice, one that speaks directly to emerging generations of racial justice leaders, as well as their teachers, parents, mentors, and friends. Based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life, "The Race Track" will be the new touchstone for understanding race in America today.", Despite the watershed election of Barack Obama--and resulting claims that racial history ended that day--the painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. In urgent and compelling prose, The Race Track dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread "implicit bias." Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, The Race Track champions an "intersectional" path--pioneered by Kimberlé Crenshaw--to racial justice, one that speaks directly to emerging generations of racial justice leaders, as well as their teachers, parents, mentors, and friends. Based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life, The Race Track will be the new touchstone for understanding race in America today., Despite the watershed election of Barack Obamaand the claims that racial history ended that daythe painful reality of racism in America has been thrust into the headlines over the past year. "The Race Track" dispenses with the myth of post-racial America, explaining not only why race matters more than ever but also how we can fashion twenty-first-century solutions to combating racial injustice. The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the present: in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread implicit bias. Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, "The Race Track" champions an intersectional pathpioneered by Kimberle Crenshawone that will appeal to people of all races who want to know how to speak the language of racial justice in an environment where many stubbornly claim we have already achieved it.", Written by a trio of celebrated scholars, "The Race Track" is a twenty-first-century road map to how race operates in America today. From its covert and psychological dimensions to how race plays a key role in allocating assets to some while denying them to others and a whiteness protection program that keeps race-based advantages intact, this landmark new book challenges some of society s most cherished notions about merit, markets, and choice, and about the causes and consequences of unequal racial outcomes. As leaders of a cutting-edge think-tank, the authors have crafted an essential guide to contemporary racism based on years of looking beyond the ivory tower and talking to ordinary people from all walks of life. Amid all the post-racial rhetoric, "The Race Track" boldly claims that it is not racist to talk about race while structural racism is alive and well. Asserting that color-bound problems cannot be remedied with colorblind solutions, this courageous new work lays out what the full range of responses must be if we are truly interested in achieving justice for all people."