
Rights Gone Wrong
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in fighting overt discrimination and prejudice. But how successful are they at combating the whole spectrum of social injustice-including conditions that aren''t directly caused by bigotry? How do they stand up to segregation, for instance-a legacy of ra...
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in fighting overt discrimination and prejudice. But how successful are they at combating the whole spectrum of social injustice-including conditions that aren''t directly caused by bigotry? How do they stand up to segregation, for instance-a legacy of ra...