Race experts

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"Controversial and strikingly original, Race Experts looks at how we capsized racial progress in the quest for self-esteem." "Race Experts uncovers the hidden trajectory and terms of our thinking about race relations since the 1960s. Since segregation's dismantling, intense anxiety has surrounded interracial encounters, and a movement has arisen to engineer social relations through the specification of elaborate codes of conduct.". "Diversity training in business, multicultural education in schools, and cross-cultural psychotherapy have created a world of prescriptions. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn carefully analyzes the teachings of these self-appointed "experts" and offers a bold and searching analysis of the origins of their ideas in the human potential movement and the radical milieu of the 1960s.". "Casting race primarily as an issue of etiquette or therapy, rather than of justice or equality, has had dire consequences for American life, diverting attention from the deeper problems of poverty, violence, and continued inequality and discrimination. In this sobering analysis, Race Experts illuminates how far away we are from the issues that deserve our attention."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: African Americans,  Civil rights,  Civil rights movements,  Cross-cultural counseling,  Diversity in the workplace,  Etiquette,  History,  Interpersonal relations,  Multicultural education,  Multiculturalism,  Psychological aspects,  Psychological aspects of Etiquette,  Race relations,  Race awareness,  Civil rights movements, united states,  African americans, civil rights,  United states, race relations,  African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.,  Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.,  Multiculturalism -- United States.,  Diversity in the workplace -- United States.,  Multicultural education -- United States.,  Cross-cultural counseling -- United States.,  Interpersonal relations -- United States.,  Etiquette -- United States -- Psychological aspects.,  United States -- Race relations.,  United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.

Places: United States

Times: 20th century