The Persistence of Vision: Problems With Race After the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
The article discusses race in the U.S. since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Particular focus is given to the expectations that the aforementioned legislation would address racial problems, the language of race, whites' attitudes towards African America...
| Publicado en: | Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 33 - 46 |
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Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Southern Studies Institute
Spring/Summer2009
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| Sumario: | The article discusses race in the U.S. since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Particular focus is given to the expectations that the aforementioned legislation would address racial problems, the language of race, whites' attitudes towards African Americans, the relationship between race and geography and racial policy in the U.S. The relationship between race and employment, including the relations between minority employees and their employers and the lack of industrial jobs as of 2009, is discussed. |
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