Racing for Innocence : Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action.
Pierce, Jennifer.
Racing for Innocence : Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action. - Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Telling Stories About Race in an Era of Colorblindness; 1. Innocence and Injury: The Politics of Cultural Memoryin Print News Media; 2. Filming Racial Progress: The Transformation of White Male Innocence; 3. Racing for Innocence: Stories of Disavowal and Exclusion; 4. Stand by Your Man: Women Lawyers and Affirmative Action; 5. Small Talk: A Short Story; Commentary: Ambivalent Racism; Conclusion: Still Racing for Innocence; Appendix A: Reflections on Methodology; Appendix B: Hollywood Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
& DIV & How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? & I & Racing for Innocence & /I & addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s-just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. & BR & & BR & This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though mos.
9780804783194 0804783195 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Affirmative action programs--Public opinion.--United States
White people--Attitudes.--United States
Lawyers--Attitudes.--United States
Women lawyers--Attitudes.--United States
Racism--United States.
Mass media and public opinion--United States.
White people--Race identity--United States.
Collective memory--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
Programmes d'action positive--Opinion publique.--États-Unis
Avocats--Attitudes.--États-Unis
Avocates--Attitudes.--États-Unis
Racisme--États-Unis.
Médias et opinion publique--États-Unis.
Mémoire collective--États-Unis.
Opinion publique--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Affirmative action programs--Public opinion.
Collective memory.
Lawyers--Attitudes.
Mass media and public opinion.
Public opinion.
Race relations.
Racism.
White people--Attitudes.
White people--Race identity.
United States--Race relations.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.
Electronic books.
HF5549.5.A34P54 2012
331.13/30973 331.1330973
Racing for Innocence : Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action. - Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Telling Stories About Race in an Era of Colorblindness; 1. Innocence and Injury: The Politics of Cultural Memoryin Print News Media; 2. Filming Racial Progress: The Transformation of White Male Innocence; 3. Racing for Innocence: Stories of Disavowal and Exclusion; 4. Stand by Your Man: Women Lawyers and Affirmative Action; 5. Small Talk: A Short Story; Commentary: Ambivalent Racism; Conclusion: Still Racing for Innocence; Appendix A: Reflections on Methodology; Appendix B: Hollywood Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
& DIV & How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? & I & Racing for Innocence & /I & addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s-just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. & BR & & BR & This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though mos.
9780804783194 0804783195 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Affirmative action programs--Public opinion.--United States
White people--Attitudes.--United States
Lawyers--Attitudes.--United States
Women lawyers--Attitudes.--United States
Racism--United States.
Mass media and public opinion--United States.
White people--Race identity--United States.
Collective memory--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
Programmes d'action positive--Opinion publique.--États-Unis
Avocats--Attitudes.--États-Unis
Avocates--Attitudes.--États-Unis
Racisme--États-Unis.
Médias et opinion publique--États-Unis.
Mémoire collective--États-Unis.
Opinion publique--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Affirmative action programs--Public opinion.
Collective memory.
Lawyers--Attitudes.
Mass media and public opinion.
Public opinion.
Race relations.
Racism.
White people--Attitudes.
White people--Race identity.
United States--Race relations.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.
Electronic books.
HF5549.5.A34P54 2012
331.13/30973 331.1330973