Race and Morality
Melvyn L. Fein
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Description for Race and Morality
Hardback. Contends that Americans fail to perceive how the legacy of slavery interferes with social mobility and highlights the values that middle-class blacks and whites need to uphold, prominently the emphasis on freedom as opposed to total equality. Series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1550.
After I had finished my presentation, a colleague and I sat rocking on the hotel porch to discuss its merits. It was a picture-perfect fall day in Jekyll Island Georgia, and he was a friend. Yes, he explained, what I was saying seemed to be true. And yes it probably needed to be said, but why did I want to be the one to say it? Wasn't I, after all, a tenured professor who didn't need to make a fuss in order to retain his job? Didn't it make sense to just kick back and enjoy the easy life I ... Read more
After I had finished my presentation, a colleague and I sat rocking on the hotel porch to discuss its merits. It was a picture-perfect fall day in Jekyll Island Georgia, and he was a friend. Yes, he explained, what I was saying seemed to be true. And yes it probably needed to be said, but why did I want to be the one to say it? Wasn't I, after all, a tenured professor who didn't need to make a fuss in order to retain his job? Didn't it make sense to just kick back and enjoy the easy life I ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
Series
Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306465130
SKU
V9780306465130
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Reviews for Race and Morality
'[...]it is well researched and provides a substantial amount of social thought on the issue of race equality that is collected in one place.' Contemporary Sociology, 31 (2002)