Welfare racism : playing the race card against America's poor /

Welfare racism : playing the race card against America's poor / Kenneth J. Neubeck, Noel A. Cazenave.

Examines the role of racism in the early twentieth century through the New Deal. Explores the manipulation of racial stereotypes in 1960s battles over welfare in both the North and the South. Traces the racialized political backlash against welfare from the 1960s to the 1996 abolition of Aid to Fami...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neubeck, Kenneth J.
Other Authors: Cazenave, Noel A., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2001.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare recipients > Government policy > United States.
Minorities > Government policy > United States.
Social service and race relations > United States.
Racism in public welfare administration > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Seeing welfare racism
  • 2. Conceptualizing "welfare racism"
  • 3. Welfare racism in the early years of public assistance
  • 4. Welfare racism as a defense against challenges to white supremacy
  • 5. The demise of AFDC as a legacy of white racial backlash
  • 6. Welfare reform as race population control
  • 7. After AFDC and the return of states' rights-era welfare racism
  • 8. Confronting welfare racism.

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