Diversity regimes : why talk is not enough to fix racial inequality at universities / James M. Thomas.

By:

Thomas, James M, 1982-

Series: American campusPublisher: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]Description: vii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781978800410
197880041X
1978800428
9781978800427

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

LC212.42 .T46 2020

Summary: "In Diversity Regimes, James M. Thomas uncovers a complex combination of meanings, practices, and actions that work to institutionalize universities' commitments to diversity, but in doing so obscure, entrench, and even magnify existing racial inequalities. Drawing on two years of ethnographic field work at so-called "Diversity University," Thomas provides new insights into the social organization of multicultural principles and practices"-- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: Antiracism

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	LC212.42 .T46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001460145

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In Diversity Regimes, James M. Thomas uncovers a complex combination of meanings, practices, and actions that work to institutionalize universities' commitments to diversity, but in doing so obscure, entrench, and even magnify existing racial inequalities. Drawing on two years of ethnographic field work at so-called "Diversity University," Thomas provides new insights into the social organization of multicultural principles and practices"-- Provided by publisher.