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Race and Morality

How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Melvyn L. Fein

    1. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

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Part of the book series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice (CSRP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Moral lnvisiblity

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 1-21

  3. Moral Enemies

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 23-47

  4. “Died of a Theory”

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 49-69

  5. The American Creed

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 71-98

  6. The Culture of Slavery: Origins

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 99-123

  7. The Culture of Slavery: Outcomes

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 125-163

  8. Racial “Empowerment”

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 165-191

  9. Change Strategies

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 193-223

  10. Natural Resocialization

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 225-247

  11. The Black Middle Class

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 249-270

  12. The White Middle Class

    • Melvyn L. Fein
    Pages 271-292

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 293-356
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About this book

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 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 teed that some people would perceive me as a dangerous scoundrel who had to be put in his place.

Reviews

'[...]it is well researched and provides a substantial amount of social thought on the issue of race equality that is collected in one place.'
Contemporary Sociology, 31 (2002)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

    Melvyn L. Fein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Race and Morality

  • Book Subtitle: How Good Intentions Undermine Social Justice and Perpetuate Inequality

  • Authors: Melvyn L. Fein

  • Series Title: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1281-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46513-0Published: 30 June 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5476-5Published: 24 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1281-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-7847

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 356

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Education, general, Business and Management, general, Public Health

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