Discrimination by default : how racism becomes routine / Lu-in Wang.

"Wang contends that, today, most discrimination occurs by default and not by design, making legal prohibitions that focus on those who discriminate out of ill will inadequate to redress the largest share of modern discrimination. She draws on social psychology to detail three ways in which unco...

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Main Author: Wang, Lu-in.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2006]
Series:Critical America.
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Table of Contents:
  • Discrimination by default, discrimination as default
  • Situational racism
  • Self-fulfilling stereotypes
  • Failures of imagination
  • Discrimination by and as default in medical care
  • Overriding the default.