Racism in the 21st century : an empirical analysis of skin color /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8886728
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Varying Form of Title:Racism in the twenty-first century
Empirical analysis of skin color
Other authors / contributors:Hall, Ronald E.
ISBN:9780387790985
0387790985
9780387790978
0387790977
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation to assume that racism is no longer the pressing social concern in the United States that it once was. The contributors show that racism has not fallen from the forefront of American society, but is manifest in a different way. According to the authors in this volume, in 21st century, skin color has come to replace race as an important cause of discrimination. This is evidenced in the increasing usage of the term a oepeople of colora to encompass people of a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. The editor has compiled a diverse group of c.
Other form:Print version: Racism in the 21st century. New York : Springer, ©2008 9780387790978 0387790977
Standard no.:10.1007/978-0-387-79097-8
9786611734145