Racing for innocence [electronic resource] : whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action / Jennifer L. Pierce.
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TextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 233 pSubject(s): - Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Public opinion
- Whites -- United States -- Attitudes
- Lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes
- Women lawyers -- United States -- Attitudes
- Racism -- United States
- Mass media and public opinion -- United States
- Whites -- Race identity -- United States
- Collective memory -- United States
- Public opinion -- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- 331.13/30973 23
- HF5549.5.A34 P54 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.