Critical race narratives : : a study of race, rhetoric, and injury / / Carl Gutierrez-Jones.

The beating of Rodney King, the killing of Amadou Diallo, and the LAPD Rampart Scandal: these events have been interpreted by the courts, the media and the public in dramatically conflicting ways. Critical Race Narratives examines what is at stake in these conflicts and, in so doing, rethinks racial...

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Superior document:Critical America
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Year of Publication:2001
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Critical America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • The contours of the contemporary race debate
  • Color-blindness, acting out, and culture
  • Critical race stories and the problem of remedy
  • Historical properties, uncommon grounds
  • The sociology of racialized crime
  • Genetic liabilities and the paradox of altruism.