Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook573 pages9 hours
The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice
By Ellen Berrey
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Diversity these days is a hallowed American value, widely shared and honored. That’s a remarkable change from the Civil Rights era—but does this public commitment to diversity constitute a civil rights victory? What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts to support it?
Ellen Berrey digs deep into those questions in The Enigma of Diversity. Drawing on six years of fieldwork and historical sources dating back to the 1950s and making extensive use of three case studies from widely varying arenas—housing redevelopment in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, affirmative action in the University of Michigan’s admissions program, and the workings of the human resources department at a Fortune 500 company—Berrey explores the complicated, contradictory, and even troubling meanings and uses of diversity as it is invoked by different groups for different, often symbolic ends. In each case, diversity affirms inclusiveness, especially in the most coveted jobs and colleges, yet it resists fundamental change in the practices and cultures that are the foundation of social inequality. Berrey shows how this has led racial progress itself to be reimagined, transformed from a legal fight for fundamental rights to a celebration of the competitive advantages afforded by cultural differences.
Powerfully argued and surprising in its conclusions, The Enigma of Diversity reveals the true cost of the public embrace of diversity: the taming of demands for racial justice.
Ellen Berrey digs deep into those questions in The Enigma of Diversity. Drawing on six years of fieldwork and historical sources dating back to the 1950s and making extensive use of three case studies from widely varying arenas—housing redevelopment in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, affirmative action in the University of Michigan’s admissions program, and the workings of the human resources department at a Fortune 500 company—Berrey explores the complicated, contradictory, and even troubling meanings and uses of diversity as it is invoked by different groups for different, often symbolic ends. In each case, diversity affirms inclusiveness, especially in the most coveted jobs and colleges, yet it resists fundamental change in the practices and cultures that are the foundation of social inequality. Berrey shows how this has led racial progress itself to be reimagined, transformed from a legal fight for fundamental rights to a celebration of the competitive advantages afforded by cultural differences.
Powerfully argued and surprising in its conclusions, The Enigma of Diversity reveals the true cost of the public embrace of diversity: the taming of demands for racial justice.
Unavailable
Read more from Ellen Berrey
The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rights on Trial: How Workplace Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Enigma of Diversity
Related ebooks
Justice and the Politics of Difference Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mixed Race 3.0: Risk and Reward in the Digital Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRacial Formation in the Twenty-First Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Education at War: The Fight for Students of Color in America's Public Schools Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Obligation Mosaic: Race and Social Norms in US Political Participation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSocial Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements (Revised and Expanded Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Nation Undecided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5American Hate: Survivors Speak Out Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTheory for the Working Sociologist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPatterns of Protest: Trajectories of Participation in Social Movements Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working Law: Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLocking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ally Up: The Definitive Guide to Building More Inclusive, Innovative, and Productive Teams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTeacher Unions and Social Justice: Organizing for the Schools and Communities Our Students Deserve Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImmigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsErasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poverty of Privacy Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSystemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Law and Society Today Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUndermining Racial Justice: How One University Embraced Inclusion and Inequality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen, Minorities, and Other Extraordinary People: The New Path for Workforce Diversity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Immigrant Rights Movement: The Battle over National Citizenship Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResearch Universities and the Public Good: Discovery for an Uncertain Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Human Resources & Personnel Management For You
Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Success Mindsets: Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Game of Work: How to Enjoy Work as Much as Play Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rocket Fuel (Review and Analysis of Wickman and Winter's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First-Time Manager Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Speed of Trust (Review and Analysis of Covey's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Way of the Shepherd: Seven Secrets to Managing Productive People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The New One Minute Manager Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The New Executive Assistant : Exceptional Executive Office Management Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRadical Focus SECOND EDITION: Achieving Your Goals with Objectives and Key Results Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Performance Appraisal Phrase Book: The Best Words, Phrases, and Techniques for Performace Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam: The OFFICIAL SHRM Study Guide for the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® Exams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Virtual Assistant Solution: Come up for Air, Offload the Work You Hate, and Focus on What You Do Best Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions, and Power at Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Enigma of Diversity
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
1 rating0 reviews