After Civil Rights: Racial Realism in the New American Workplace

by John David Skrentny

Book Overview

What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many employers, Democratic and Republican political leaders, and advocates have adopted a new strategy to manage race...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159963
• ISBN13: 9780691159966
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"