TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Roy L. TI - The Racial Glass Ceiling: Subordination in American Law and Culture SN - 9780300227611 AV - E185 PY - 2018///] CY - New Haven, CT : PB - Yale University Press, KW - African Americans KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Social conditions KW - Racism KW - United States KW - History KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: A New Understanding of Racial Subordination --; One. The Spirit of Brown --; Two. Juridical Subordination --; Three. Race and Culture --; Four. Cultural Subordination Through Cultural Diversity --; Epilogue: Unrelenting Racial Progress --; Appendix A: Diagram of Main Arguments --; Appendix B: Post–Civil Rights Cases That Impede Racial Progress --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300227611 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780300227611.jpg ER -