Race and morality
Subtitle: how good intentions undermine social justice and perpetuate inequality
By: Melvyn L. Fein.
Series: Clinical sociology
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Social justice -- United States; United States -- Race relations -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "This book attempts to explain why it has been so difficult to solve America's racial problems as the country has moved from what the author describes as a closed caste to an open class society. The author contends that Americans fail to perceive how the legacy of slavery interferes with social mobility and highlights the values that middle-class blacks and whites need to uphold, most prominently the emphasis on freedom as opposed to total equality."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-346) and index.