The Racial Glass Ceiling: Subordination in American Law and Culture
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Why does racial equality continue to elude African Americans even after the election of a black president? Liberals blame white racism while conservatives blame black behavior. Both define the race problem in socioeconomic terms, mainly citing jobs, education, and policing. Roy Brooks, a distinguished legal scholar, argues that the reality is more complex. He defines the race problem African Americans face today as a three-headed hydra involving socioeconomic, judicial, and cultural conditions. Focusing on law and culture, Brooks defines the problem largely as racial subordination: 'the act of impeding racial progress in pursuit of nonracist interests.' Racial subordination is little understood and under acknowledged, yet it produces devastating and even deadly racial consequences that affect both poor and socioeconomically successful African Americans. Brooks addresses a serious problem, in many ways more dangerous than overt racism, and offers a well reasoned solution that draws upon the strongest virtues America has exhibited to the world.
ISBN
9780300223309
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Disciplines
Law
Digital USD Citation
Brooks, Roy L., "The Racial Glass Ceiling: Subordination in American Law and Culture" (2017). Faculty Books. 17.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/law_fac_books/17