Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America, 32)

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Review "Skillfully drawing on a wide range of referents from Greek mythology to Thomas Byes, the father of statistics, Armour plumbs our racial psychology and in the process explores the racialized nature of our daily life and our legal system."-Norfolk Virginia Journal and Guide"[C]ommendable in important respects. [Armour] points out problems in the theory of rational racial discrimination that many of its proponents ignore or overlook."-Randall Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Book Review"A crucial book, at a critical time, just as white America is gradually coming to understand the hidden travails of African American life." -Bookwatch"A patient meditation."-The Nation Read more About the Author Jody David Armour is Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Southern California. Read more