Race experts : how racial etiquette, sensitivity training, and new age therapy hijacked the civil rights revolution

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Title:

Author:

Lasch-Quinn, Elisabeth.

Personal Author:

Lasch-Quinn, Elisabeth.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Norton, [2001]

Physical Description:

xviii, 267 pages ; 22 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

The new racial etiquette: The ritual of racial reprimand -- Radical chic and the rise of a politics of therapy -- The encounter group: A new interracial mode for integration -- Racial identity theory: Groundwork for a renewal of suspicion -- Revolt against repression: New Age therapy from the fringe to mainstream -- A world of endless slights: Diversity training and its illogical consequences -- In perpetual recovery: The problem with multicultural education for self-esteem.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Multiculturalism -- United States.

Diversity in the workplace -- United States.

Multicultural education -- United States.

Cross-cultural counseling -- United States.

Interpersonal relations -- United States.

Etiquette -- United States -- Psychological aspects.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations.

United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.