Why does racial inequality in America persist? In this important textbook, Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim answer this question by introducing readers to the innovative field of stratification economics.
Stratification economics offers an antidote to conventional economics' hyper-focus on individuals and disregard for how politics shapes the economy. It spotlights how groups – such as racial groups – compete to gain favorable positions in society through political and economic domination. The book fuses stratification economics with intersectional theory to illuminate how gender and ethnicity intertwine with racial oppression. Holder and Wicks-Lim argue that anti-Black racism developed and persists because it protects the interests of a politically dominant social group: White Americans. This argument is demonstrated across multiple arenas: education, employment, wealth, and the criminal legal system. Policy intervention – through government action spurred by social movements – is necessary for achieving racial equity.
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The Political Economy of Racism
The Persistence of Anti-Blackness in the United States
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The Political Economy of Racism
The Persistence of Anti-Blackness in the United States
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I How We Use Stratification Economics to Analyze Anti-Blackness in the United States
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Construction of Race and the Origins of Racism in the United States
- 3 Afro-Latinxs and Anti-Blackness
- 4 An Intersectional Approach to Stratification Economics
- Part II Demonstrating How Anti-Blackness Stratifies the US Economy
- Primer to Part II
- 5 Education: Unequal Access, Unequal Outcomes
- 6 Unemployment, Occupational Crowding, Wage Inequality, and Anti-Blackness in the Labor Market
- 7 Wealth Attainment and Anti-Blackness: The Case of Black Women
- 8 The Criminal Legal System: Hardening the Racial Divide
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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