Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America) [Hardcover]

Jody David Armour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0814706401 | ISBN-13: 978-0814706404

Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"[C]ommendable in important respects. [Armour] points out problems in the theory of rational racial discrimination that many of its proponents ignore or overlook."

-Randall Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A patient meditation."

-The Nation,

"A crucial book, at a critical time, just as white America is gradually coming to understand the hidden travails of African American life."

-Bookwatch,

"Skillfully drawing on a wide range of referents from Greek mythology to Thomas Byes, the father of statistics, Armour plumbs our racial psychology and in the process explores the racialized nature of our daily life and our legal system."

-Norfolk Virginia Journal and Guide,

About the Author

Jody David Armour is Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Southern California.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: NYU Press (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814706401
• ISBN-13: 978-0814706404
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,416,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the book was the best that I have read in a long time., March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America) (Hardcover)

In reading this book I left with a different but more aware state of mind. I am in school for law and after reading this book it allowed me to see that as a country and me being a black woman that we still have a very long way to go for racial justice. I recomend this book to everyone because it was excellent and I tend to read it again.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the book was the best that I have read in a long time., March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America) (Hardcover)

In reading this book I left with a different but more aware state of mind. I am in school for law and after reading this book it allowed me to see that as a country and me being a black woman that we still have a very long way to go for racial justice. I recomend this book to everyone because it was excellent and I tend to read it again.

2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the book was the best that I have read in a long time., March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America) (Hardcover)

In reading this book I left with a different but more aware state of mind. I am in school for law and after reading this book it allowed me to see that as a country and me being a black woman that we still have a very long way to go for racial justice. I recomend this book to everyone because it was excellent and I tend to read it again.