Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 187 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814793797
Series Statement:
Critical America
Content:
Much as we "select" computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options-we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by default creates a situation in which disparate outcomes are expected, accepted, and taken for granted. The killing of Amadou Diallo, racial disparities in medical care, the dominance of Whites and men in certain professions, and even the uneven media attention paid to crimes depending on their victims' race a
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-175) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Discrimination by Default, Discrimination as Default; 2 Situational Racism; 3 Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes; 4 Failures of Imagination; 5 Discrimination by and as Default in Medical Care; 6 Overriding the Default; Notes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814793794
Additional Edition:
Print version Discrimination by Default : How Racism Becomes Routine
Language:
English
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