The Race Card: How Bluffing about Bias Makes Race Relations Worse

By William Kurrelmeyer and Johannes Rellach

Book Overview

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year What do hurricane Katrina victims, millionaire rappers buying vintage champagne, and Ivy League professors waiting for taxis have in common? All have claimed to be victims of racism. But these days almost no one openly defends bigoted motives, so either a lot of people are lying about their true beliefs, or a lot of people are jumping to unwarranted conclusions--or just playing the race card. Daring, entertaining, and incisive, The Race Card brings sophisticated legal analysis, eye-popping anecdotes, and plain old common sense to this heated topic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031242826X
• ISBN13: 9780312428266
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Picador
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"