Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism : The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America

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

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: "Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax	p. 1
The "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron	p. 19
How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate	p. 22
Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable	p. 27
The "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational Discrimination	p. 35
Why Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable	p. 46
Race and the Subversion of Rationality	p. 58
The "Involuntary Negrophobe"	p. 61
The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law	p. 64
Of Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias	p. 68
Private Bias and Equal Protection	p. 69
Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice	p. 77
Blame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats, and Demons	p. 81
Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work	p. 83
Narrative, Consent, and Blame	p. 84
The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism	p. 89
"Disadvantaged Social Background"	p. 94
Opponents Grasp at Straws	p. 96
Ideological Agendas	p. 101
Repealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit	p. 115
Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists	p. 118
Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias	p. 130
Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 154
Notes	p. 161
Index	p. 201
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