The miner's canary : enlisting race, resisting power, transforming democracy /
"The aim of political race is not just to remedy racial injustices. It is to empower people of all races to struggle together at the grassroots level, to improve the life chances of everyone who has been "raced" black, regardless of skin color. In a book that is ultimately both aspira...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2002.
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| Summary: | "The aim of political race is not just to remedy racial injustices. It is to empower people of all races to struggle together at the grassroots level, to improve the life chances of everyone who has been "raced" black, regardless of skin color. In a book that is ultimately both aspirational and inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a recommitment to social justice that promises not only to revitalize the civil rights movement in America but to transform democracy."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 392 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674004698 (alk. paper) |