{"product_id":"was-blind-but-now-i-barbara-j-flagg-9780814726433","title":"Was Blind, But Now I See: White Race Concsiousness and the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eRace does not speak to most white people. Rather, whites tend to associate race with people of color and to equate whiteness with racelessness. As Barbara J. Flagg demonstrates in this important book, this \"transparency\" phenomenon--the invisibility of whiteness to white people--profoundly affects the ways in whites make decisions: they rely on criteria perceived by the decision maker as race-neutral but which in fact reflect white, race-specific norms.\u003cbr\u003e Flagg here identifies this transparently white decision making as a form of institutional racism that contributes significantly, though unobtrusively, to the maintenance of white supremacy. Bringing the discussion to bear on the arena of law, Flagg analyzes key areas of race discrimination law and makes the case for reforms that would bring legal doctrine into greater harmony with the recognition of institutional racism in general and the transparency phenomenon in particular. She concludes with an exploration of the meaning of whiteness in a pluralist culture, paving the way for a positive, nonracist conception of whiteness as a distinct racial identity.\u003cbr\u003e An informed and substantive call for doctrinal reform, Was Blind But Now I See is the most expansive treatment yet of the relationship between whiteness and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara J. Flagg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814726437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814726433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.76w x 0.74d","brand":"Barbara J. Flagg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120320540927,"sku":"9780814726433","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bd36af7-6685-415d-b6a4-e1e0996aaf38.jpg?v=1687413693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/was-blind-but-now-i-barbara-j-flagg-9780814726433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}