{"product_id":"color-conscious-9780691059099","title":"Color Conscious","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1997 Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association Named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1998 Winner of the 1997 Book Award of the North American Society for Social Philosophy \"Gutmann's essay shines with a brilliance of analysis worthy of widespread attention.\"--James O. Freedman, Boston Globe \"Despite tremendous ongoing discussion of racial issues in this country, American opinions about race remain contentious and nowhere near a national consensus...Each co-author devotes one-half of the book to his or her efforts to bring insight and illumination to what is an often gloomy conversation.\"--Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Context of Race DAVID B. WILKINS 3  Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections K. ANTHONY APPIAH 30  Part 1. Analysis. Against Races 30  Part 2. Synthesis: For Racial Identities 74  Responding to Racial Injustice AMY GUTMANN 106  Part 1. Why Question the Terms of Our Public Debate? 108  Part 2. Must Public Policy Be Color Blind? 118  Part 3. Should Public Policy Be Class Conscious Rather than Color Conscious? 138  Part 4. Why Not Aim for Proportional Representation by Race? 151  Part 5. What's Morally Relevant about Racial Identity? 163  Epilogue K. ANTHONY APPIAH 179  Index 185","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403705786711,"sku":"9780691059099","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691059099.jpg?v=1730484304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/color-conscious-9780691059099","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}