The Enigma of Diversity : The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice / Ellen Berrey.
By: Berrey, Ellen [author.]
.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780226246062 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226246239 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Cultural pluralism -- United States | Affirmative action programs -- United States | Race discrimination -- United States | United States -- Race relationsDDC classification: 305.800973
Contents:
The symbolic politics of racial progress -- Undergraduate admissions at the University of Michigan -- "Academically excellent and diverse" -- Gratz, Grutter, and the public relations of defending affirmative action -- Housing politics in Rogers Park -- "The most diverse neighborhood in Chicago" -- Gentrification, displacement, and color-blind opposition to subsidized housing -- Human resource management in Starr Corporation -- "Diversity is a strength of Starr Corporation" -- Diversity management, shareholder capitalism, and the biases of meritocracy -- Conclusion: neoliberalism, color blindness, and inequality in the age of diversity.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Fiction
|
BardBerlinLibrary 2nd floor | 305.800 BER 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Browsing BardBerlinLibrary Shelves , Shelving location: 2nd floor Close shelf browser
| 305.609 CAM 2011 Ottoman Brothers Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early 20th Century Palestine | 305.800 2013 Readings for diversity and social justice / | 305.800 ALM 2022 Toronto the good? : | 305.800 BER 2015 The Enigma of Diversity : | 305.8 CHA 2002 Autoethnography as method / | 305.8 COA 2015 Between the world and me | 305.800 CRA 1992 Film as ethnography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-340) and index.
The symbolic politics of racial progress -- Undergraduate admissions at the University of Michigan -- "Academically excellent and diverse" -- Gratz, Grutter, and the public relations of defending affirmative action -- Housing politics in Rogers Park -- "The most diverse neighborhood in Chicago" -- Gentrification, displacement, and color-blind opposition to subsidized housing -- Human resource management in Starr Corporation -- "Diversity is a strength of Starr Corporation" -- Diversity management, shareholder capitalism, and the biases of meritocracy -- Conclusion: neoliberalism, color blindness, and inequality in the age of diversity.
There are no comments for this item.