The Racial Glass Ceiling : Subordination in American Law and Culture

Beyond the conventional sources of racial inequality—racism for liberals and a dysfunctional black culture for conservatives—lies a source of racial inequality little discussed or studied in our society. This book maps out that terrain, using the term “racial subordination” to define racial inequality that is a byproduct of individual or institutional action that consciously forgoes an opportunity to advance racial progress for the sake of pursuing a legitimate, nonracist competing interest. While not racism, this non-nefarious source of racial inequality is not racial innocence. Though the subordinator is not on the same hook as the racist, he or she is still on the hook—a different hook. Moving the debate over racial inequality from discrimination discourse to subordination discourse, this book demonstrates how the Supreme Court engages in “juridical subordination” and how the American mainstream culture, even with its commitment to cultural diversity, commits “cultural subordination” time after time. Racism remains a large problem in our society but eliminating it will not end racial inequality. Racism and racial inequality are not coterminous. Unless we also deal with racial subordination, blacks, or African Americans, will effectively face a racial glass ceiling. Breaking through that ceiling involves confronting complex and uncomfortable questions about what we value most as Americans. Why Does Racial Equality Continue To Elude African Americans Even After The Election Of A Black President? Liberals Blame White Racism While Conservatives Blame Black Behavior. Both Define The Race Problem In Socioeconomic Terms, Mainly Citing Jobs, Education, And Policing. Roy Brooks, A Distinguished Legal Scholar, Argues That The Reality Is More Complex. He Defines The Race Problem African Americans Face Today As A Three-headed Hydra Involving Socioeconomic, Judicial, And Cultural Conditions. Focusing On Law And Culture, Brooks Defines The Problem Largely As Racial Subordination: 'the Act Of Impeding Racial Progress In Pursuit Of Nonracist Interests.' Racial Subordination Is Little Understood And Under Acknowledged, Yet It Produces Devastating And Even Deadly Racial Consequences That Affect Both Poor And Socioeconomically Successful African Americans. Brooks Addresses A Serious Problem, In Many Ways More Dangerous Than Overt Racism, And Offers A Well Reasoned Solution That Draws Upon The Strongest Virtues America Has Exhibited To The World--jacket. A New Understanding Of Racial Subordination -- The Spirit Of Brown -- Juridical Subordination -- Race And Culture -- Cultural Subordination Through Cultural Diversity -- Unrelenting Racial Progress. Roy L. Brooks. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A compelling study of a subtle and insidious form of racial inequality in American law and culture.

Why does racial equality continue to elude African Americans even after the election of a black president? Liberals blame white racism while conservatives blame black behavior. Both define the race problem in socioeconomic terms, mainly citing jobs, education, and policing. Roy Brooks, a distinguished legal scholar, argues that the reality is more complex. He defines the race problem African Americans face today as a three-headed hydra involving socioeconomic, judicial, and cultural conditions. Focusing on law and culture, Brooks defines the problem largely as racial subordination—“the act of impeding racial progress in pursuit of nonracist interests.” Racial subordination is little understood and underacknowledged, yet it produces devastating and even deadly racial consequences that affect both poor and socioeconomically successful African Americans. Brooks addresses a serious problem, in many ways more dangerous than overt racism, and offers a well-reasoned solution that draws upon the strongest virtues America has exhibited to the world. "Why does racial equality continue to elude African Americans even after the election of a black president? Liberals blame white racism while conservatives blame black behavior. Both define the race problem in socioeconomic terms, mainly citing jobs, education, and policing. Roy Brooks, a distinguished legal scholar, argues that the reality is more complex. He defines the race problem African Americans face today as a three-headed hydra involving socioeconomic, judicial, and cultural conditions. Focusing on law and culture, Brooks defines the problem largely as racial subordination: 'the act of impeding racial progress in pursuit of nonracist interests.' Racial subordination is little understood and under acknowledged, yet it produces devastating and even deadly racial consequences that affect both poor and socioeconomically successful African Americans. Brooks addresses a serious problem, in many ways more dangerous than overt racism, and offers a well reasoned solution that draws upon the strongest virtues America has exhibited to the world"--Book jacket. A compelling study of a subtle and insidious form of racial inequality in American law and culture. Why does racial equality continue to elude African Americans even after the election of a black president? Liberals blame white racism while conservatives blame black behaviour. Both define the race problem in socioeconomic terms, mainly citing jobs, education, and policing. Roy Brooks, a distinguished legal scholar, argues that the reality is more complex. He defines the race problem African Americans face today as a three-headed hydra involving socioeconomic, judicial, and cultural conditions. Focusing on law and culture, Brooks defines the problem largely as racial subordination - 'the act of impeding racial progress in pursuit of nonracist interests.'