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1 online resource (253 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note about Systems of Privilege; Introduction; 1. Making Systems of Privilege Visible; 2. Privilege in the Workplace: The Missing Element in Antidiscrimination Law; 3. Privilege in Residential Housing: Margalynne Armstrong; 4. Privilege and the Media: Treatment of Sex and Race in the Hill-Thomas Hearings Create a Legacy of Doubt; 5. Obscuring the Importance of Race: The Implication of Making Comparisons Between Racism and Sexism (or Other Isms); 6. The Dream of Diversity and the Cycle of Exclusion |
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7. The Quest for Justice: The Rule of Law and Invisible Systems of Privilege8. Teaching and Learning toward Transformation: The Role of the Classroom in Noticing Privilege; Concluding Thoughts on Noticing Privilege; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; P; R; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutionalized systems of privilege which uphold the status quo remain unchallenged. Many Americans who advocate a merit-based, race-free worldview do not acknowledge the systems of privilege which benefit them. For example, many Americans rely on a social and sometimes even financial inheritance from previous generations. This inheritance, unlikely to be forthcoming if one's ancestors were slaves, privileges whiteness, maleness, and heterosexuality. In this important volume, scholars positioned different |
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Equality -- United States
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Power (Social sciences) -- United States
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Equality
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Power (Social sciences)
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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United States
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USA
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781479878949 |
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1479878944 |
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