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A new perspective that helps us understand the damaged social relations that incubate racial and sexual discrimination

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9781592139132

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Brilliant and fascinating...one of the smartest social science books I can recall reading. -Barbara Reskin, University of Washington An erudite, confident, clearly written and valuable contribution to an important subject. -John Skrentny, University of California, San Diego In this original and aggressively probing book, Lucas presses deeply into traditional social science understandings of prejudice and discrimination, showing the limiting character of these too-individualistic tools in conventional survey and legal analysis. Assessing the societal shift from overt exploitation to an era of 'contested prejudice,' yet one where discrimination remains pervasive, Lucas shows that social scientists must better theorize social contexts and the highly relational (often damaged) character of racial/gender relations. The goal is much more convincing social science understandings of these still-pervasive societal barriers. -Joe R. Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University, and author of Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression

"""Brilliant and fascinating...one of the smartest social science books, I can recall reading."" Barbara Reskin, University of Washington ""An erudite, confident, clearly written and valuable contribution to an important subject."" John Skrentny, University of California, San Diego ""This quirky, serious, intelligent book should, at a minimum, force some clearer thinking about the place of sociology... The book is most compelling when it applies its sharp critical perspective to both societal practices and social science research... It offers plenty of material to think through, agree with and argue against...it will force readers to reconsider a few tired ways of thinking about discrimination--something this field, in particular, desperately needs."" - The American Journal of Sociology"

Brilliant and fascinating...one of the smartest social science books, I can recall reading. Barbara Reskin, University of Washington An erudite, confident, clearly written and valuable contribution to an important subject. John Skrentny, University of California, San Diego

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Samuel Roundfield Lucas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Tracking Inequality: Stratification and Mobility in American High Schools and a co-author of Inequality By Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth.

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