Racial Liberalism and the Politics of Urban America

by Stokes, Curtis; Melendez, Theresa

• ISBN13: 9780870136696
• ISBN10: 0870136690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

Racial Liberalism and the Politics of Urban America examines the philosophical and political framework that informs public policy impacting racially and ethnically diverse American cities in the twenty-first century. In their analyses of the intersection between race and public policy, contributors to this volume explore the racial character of historical and contemporary American liberalism and draw upon data from the 2000 U.S. Census on topics such as healthcare, the environment, residential segregation, and the changing meanings of race. Consistent with Michigan State University#x19;s Race in 21st Century America Conference project, the essays, which reflect genuine racial, intellectual, and ideological diversity, explore the idea and consequences of race in the United States and suggest fresh approaches toward overcoming the persistent and deep racial gap in life opportunities between whites and people of color.

Author Biography

Curtis Stokes is Associate Professor in James Madison College and Director of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University Theresa Melendez is Associate Professor in Department of English and Director of Chicano/Latino Studies at Michigan State University K. Gibel Azoulay, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies at Grinnell College R. Khari Brown is a graduate student in the joint sociology and social work program at the University of Michigan Ronald E. Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University David Carroll Cochran is Assistant Professor of Politics as Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa Joe T. Darden is Professor of Geography and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University Reynolds Farley is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research and a Professor of Sociology John A. Garcia is Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona Tamar Jacoby is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute James Jennings is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University Charles W. Mills is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago Mechthild E. Nagel teaches Social Philosophy at SUNY Cortland David N. Pellow is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the California Cultures in Comparative Perspective at the University of California, San Diego Richard Schmitt is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Brown University Brian D. Smedley is a Senior Program Officer in the Division of Health Sciences Policy of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Naomi Zack is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, Eugene

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Curtis Stokes
Theresa Melendez
Part 1 Liberalism and the Problem of Race
Symposium on Charles Mills's The Racial Contract Reforming the Contract?	11	(40)
Mechthild E. Nagel
Liberalism and Racism	15	(9)
Richard Schmitt
The Racial Contract According to Charles Mills	24	(5)
Naomi Zack
Reply to My Critics	29	(22)
Charles W. Mills
Liberal Political Theory's Multicultural Blind Spot and Race in the United States	51	(24)
David Carroll Cochran
Grasping the ``Invisible Hands'': Race and Political Theory Today	75	(80)
Rogers M. Smith
Part 2 Race and the 2000 Census
Interpreting the Census: The Elasticity of Whiteness and the Depoliticization of Race	155	(16)
Katya Gibel Azoulay
The Beginning of the End of Race	171	(12)
Tamar Jacoby
Political Coalitions between Communities of Color: Implications for a New Politics	183	(20)
James Jennings
Part 3 2000 National Election: Implications for the City
The 2000 National Census and Its Implications for American Cities	203	(20)
John A. Garcia
The Disappearance of Urban Policy as a Legacy of the Clinton Administration's Posture on Race	223	(8)
Robert C. Smith
The Black Church, Charitable Choice, and the Bush Administration	231	(18)
R. Khari Brown
Ronald E. Brown
Part 4 Race and Urban Policy
High-Tech Environmental Racism: Silicon Valley's Toxic Workplaces	249	(20)
David Naguib Pellow
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Public Policy Implications	269	(26)
Brian D. Smedley
Detroit in 2000: Racial, Economic, and Geographic Trends in a Polarized Metropolis	295	(30)
Reynolds Farley
Residential Segregation: The Causes and Social and Economic Consequences	325	(20)
Joe T. Darden
For Further Reading	345	(4)
Contributors	349