Racing for innocence [electronic resource] : whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action / Jennifer L. Pierce.
By: Pierce, Jennifer L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012Description: xii, 233 p.Subject(s): Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Public opinion | Whites -- United States -- Attitudes | Lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes | Women lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes | Racism -- United States | Mass media and public opinion -- United States | Whites -- Race identity -- United States | Collective memory -- United States | Public opinion -- United States | United States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 331.13/30973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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