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Book

Colorblind : the rise of post-racial politics and the retreat from racial equity

Author

Tim Wise

Call Number

  • 305.8 W813.1 (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : City Lights Books, c2010.

Physical Description

213 p. ; 21 cm.

Summary

Tim Wise argues against "colorblindness" and for a deeper color-consciousness in both public and private practice. We can only begin to move toward authentic social and economic equity through what Wise calls "illuminated individualism"--acknowledging the diverse identities that have shaped our perceptions, and the role that race continues to play in the maintenance of disparities between whites and people of color in the United States today.

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