White Americans abetted by neo conservative writers of all hues generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that undeniably persist in wages family income access to housing or health care can be attributed to African Americans cultural and individual failures If the experience of most black Americans says otherwise an explanation has been sorely lacking or obscured by the passions the issue provokes At long last offering a cool clear and informed perspective on the subject this book brings together a team of highly respected sociologists political scientists economists criminologists and legal scholars to scrutinize the logic and evidence behind the widely held belief in a color blind society and to provide an alternative explanation for continued racial inequality in the United States While not denying the economic advances of black Americans since the 1960s Whitewashing Race draws on new and compelling research to demonstrate the persistence of racism and the effects of organized racial advantage across many institutions in American society including the labor market the welfare state the criminal justice system and schools and universities Looking beyond the stalled debate over current antidiscrimination policies the authors also put forth a fresh vision for achieving genuine racial equality of opportunity in a post affirmative action world

Whitewashing Race by Michael K. Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, Troy Duster. (University of California Press,2003) [Hardcover] PDF

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