Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fein, Melvyn L

Titel

Race and Morality : How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality

Ist Teil von

• Clinical Sociology, Research and Practice

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. Moral Invisibility -- Moral versus Status Invisibility -- A White Problem -- The Problem Misunderstood -- The Long View -- 2. Moral Enemies -- White Depravity -- Black Innocence -- The Nature of the Morality Game -- Playing the Game -- 3. �́�Died of a Theory�́� -- Taxi Driver -- Stereotypes Exposed -- Harlem -- Whose Ox? -- 4. The American Creed -- Values Under Assault -- Equality for All -- Liberty for All -- An Overdose of Radical Egalitarianism -- 5. The Culture of Slavery: Origins -- Morality and Culture -- A Conceptual Interlude -- Cultural Conservatism in Action -- The Origins of Slave Culture -- 6. The Culture of Slavery: Outcomes -- Transitions -- A Painful Story -- White Culture -- Black Culture -- 7. Racial �́�Empowerment�́� -- The Myth of Empowerment -- Tests of Strength -- A Floating Ceiling -- Situational Immaturity -- 8. Change Strategies -- Four Approaches to Change -- The Moral Model -- The Social Engineering Model -- The Clinical/Educational M
• After I had finished my presentation, a colleague and I sat rocking on the hotel porch to discuss its merits. It was a picture-perfect fall day in Jekyll Island Georgia, and he was a friend. Yes, he explained, what I was saying seemed to be true. And yes it probably needed to be said, but why did I want to be the one to say it? Wasn't I, after all, a tenured professor who didn't need to make a fuss in order to retain his job? Didn't it make sense to just kick back and enjoy the easy life I had earned? The topic of our tete-a-tete was my speculations about race relations and he was certain that too much honesty could only get me in trouble. Given my lack of political correct℗Ư ness, people were sure to assume that I was a racist and not give me a fair hearing. This was a prospect I had previously contemplated. Long before embarking on this volume I had often asked myself why I wanted to write it. The ideological fervor that dominates our public dialogue on race guaran℗Ư teed that some people would perceive me as a dangerous scoundrel who had to be put in his place