Discrimination by Default : How Racism Becomes Routine.

Much as we "select" computer settings by default--reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options--we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination b...

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Main Author: Wang, Lu-in
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Series:Critical America.
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