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White privilege : the myth of a post-racial society /

By: Bhopal, Kalwant [author.].
Contributor(s): Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin [writer of foreword.].
Publisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2018Description: xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781447335979; 9781447335979:; 144733597X.Subject(s): Equality -- United States | Post-racialism | Minorities -- Social conditions | Privilege (Social psychology)DDC classification: 305.8 BHO
Contents:
List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- A personal note -- Foreword by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown -- Introduciton: race as disadvantage -- White privilege -- Not white enough -- Intersectionality: gender, race and class -- Race, schooling and exclusion -- Higher education, race and representation -- Racism and bullying in the UK -- Racial inequalities in the labour market -- Wealth, poverty and inequality -- Conclusions: race, social justice and equality -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy-making has increased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. This book examines the impact of race on wider issues of inequality and difference in society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-196) and index.

List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- A personal note -- Foreword by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown -- Introduciton: race as disadvantage -- White privilege -- Not white enough -- Intersectionality: gender, race and class -- Race, schooling and exclusion -- Higher education, race and representation -- Racism and bullying in the UK -- Racial inequalities in the labour market -- Wealth, poverty and inequality -- Conclusions: race, social justice and equality -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy-making has increased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. This book examines the impact of race on wider issues of inequality and difference in society.

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