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^ Read ! Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality by Richard Thompson Ford Ê eBook or Kindle ePUB. Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality Hmmm I am a fan of Richard Thompson Ford's "The Race Card" The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse.I am not sure this book is as carefully written as the other. It seems to start from a place of fundamental sympathy with feel-good liberalism -- with saying the right thing, with havi. "rights written correctly" according to k d richards. "Rights Gone Wrong" is the second book by this author I have read and my opinion of his writing style and his intellect could not be hi
| Title | : | Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250013925 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
Hmmm I am a fan of Richard Thompson Ford's "The Race Card" The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse.I am not sure this book is as carefully written as the other. It seems to start from a place of fundamental sympathy with feel-good liberalism -- with saying the right thing, with havi. "rights written correctly" according to k d richards. "Rights Gone Wrong" is the second book by this author I have read and my opinion of his writing style and his intellect could not be higher. This book is a joy to read in spite of (because of?) the seriousness of the topic.His dissection of what civil rights laws were intended to do versus the unintende. thoughtful and thorough Straight to the point: "inner-city blacks are more socially isolated, desperate, and culturally deprived than they were before the great civil rights reforms of the 1960s." (p. 2thoughtful and thorough Brian H. Fiedler Straight to the point: "inner-city blacks are more socially isolated, desperate, and culturally deprived than they were before the great civil rights reforms of the 1960s." (p. 245)As a scientist, I appreciated this analogy: "Like an overprescribed antibiotic that kills beneficial microorganisms and eve. 5)As a scientist, I appreciated this analogy: "Like an overprescribed antibiotic that kills beneficial microorganisms and eve
“Rights Gone Wrong is sharp and surprising, and casts the discrimination debate in a clarifying new light.” Jeffrey Rosen, The New York Times Book Review“Ford has written a highly accessible narrative that underscores the need for Americans to roll up their sleeves and do the heavy lifting necessary to address persistent economic and racial inequality….With this book, Ford has in effect contributed a new placard to the American protest march.” America magazine“Cogent…A rationalist analysis of the efficacy of a multitude of antidiscrimination laws…All sides can learn much from Ford's thinking.” Publishers Weekly“Persuasive…This subject tends to produce polemical writing on bo
Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. He is a regular contributor to Slate and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
But can they combat the whole spectrum of social injustice---including conditions that aren't directly caused by bigotry? In Rights Gone Wrong, Richard Thompson Ford argues that extremists on both sides of the political divide have hijacked civil rights for personal advantage, diverting our attention from serious social injustices. Is equality really served by endless litigating and legislating against every grievance or slight? Brilliantly argued, shrewd, and lively, Rights Gone Wrong offers "a crisp analysis of the limits of our civil rights laws and a prescription for how to move beyond them" (Kirkus Reviews).. A New Yo
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