Racial Culture
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Affirmative action
African Americans
Anti-discrimination law
Anti-racism
Ascribed status
Attempt
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Black people
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Censure
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Cosmopolitanism
Cultural assimilation
Cultural diversity
Cultural genocide
Cultural hegemony
Cultural pluralism
Cultural practice
Determination
Discourse
Discrimination
Disparate impact
Disparate treatment
Distributive justice
Employment
Employment discrimination
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Exclusion
Gender role
Hairstyle
Homophobia
Identity (social science)
Identity politics
Ideology
Indictment
Institution
Janet Halley
Lecture
Lesbian
Minority group
Morality
Multiculturalism
Norm (social)
Oppression
Person of color
Plaintiff
Political correctness
Politics
Poverty
Prejudice
Presumption
Protective custody
Race (human categorization)
Racial segregation
Racism
Racism in the United States
Randall Kennedy
Regulation
Requirement
Self-image
Separatism
Sexism
Sexual orientation
Social conflict
Social group
Social issue
Social justice
Social Practice
Social stigma
Society
Sodomy
Subculture
Suggestion
Product details
- ISBN 9780691128696
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2006
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly? This bold and provocative book questions the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices. Richard Ford argues against law reform proposals that would attempt to apply civil rights protections to "cultural difference." Unlike many criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about "reverse discrimination" or the erosion of core Western cultural values, the book's argument is primarily focused on the adverse effects of multicultural rhetoric and multicultural rights on their supposed beneficiaries. In clear and compelling prose, Ford argues that multicultural accounts of cultural difference do not accurately describe the practices of social groups. Instead these accounts are prescriptive: they attempt to canonize a narrow, parochial, and contestable set of ideas about appropriate group culture and to discredit more cosmopolitan lifestyles, commitments, and values.
The book argues that far from remedying discrimination and status hierarchy, "cultural rights" share the ideological presuppositions, and participate in the discursive and institutional practices, of racism, sexism, and homophobia. Ford offers specific examples in support of this thesis, in diverse contexts such as employment discrimination, affirmative action, and transracial adoption. This is a major contribution to our understanding of today's politics of race, by one of the most distinctive and important young voices in America's legal academy.
Richard T. Ford is George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford. He has published in numerous legal journals including the "Harvard Law Review" and "Stanford Law Review". His is co-author of "Local Government La"w and "The Legal Geographies Reader"
