Racing for innocence
Subtitle: whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action
By: Jennifer L. Pierce
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780804778787; 9780804778794
Subjects: Collective memory; Race relations; Lawyers; Race identity; Whites; Women lawyers; Racism; Public opinion; Attitudes; Mass media and public opinion; Affirmative action programs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness; title: Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media; title: Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence; title: Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion; title: Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action; title: Small talk : a short story; title: Commentary : ambivalent racism; title: Conclusion : still racing for innocence.