The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary American LiberalismUsing liberal political theory to explore the politics of race in the United States, The Color of Freedom offers a fresh, distinctive, and compelling analysis of the country's continuing dilemma of race. Cochran develops an argument about how contemporary liberalism understands race, what is inadequate about this understanding, and how it can develop a better one. Sitting at the intersection of theory and practice, this book offers an impressive example of how the two must inform each other, especially when it comes to opening up new ways of thinking about old and frustrating problems like that of race in American life. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Locating the Argument | 5 |
The Arguments Outline | 14 |
ColorBlind Liberalism | 17 |
The Sources of ColorBlind Liberalism | 18 |
Framing the Debate on Race | 33 |
ColorBlind Liberalism and Freedom | 41 |
The Limits of ColorBlind Liberalism | 45 |
Liberalism Autonomy and Multiculturalism | 84 |
Expanding the Liberal Understanding of Race | 91 |
The Continuing Importance of ColorBlind Liberalism | 93 |
Moving Beyond ColorBlind Liberalism | 102 |
Public Policy | 135 |
The State Civil Society and Public Policy | 141 |
Conclusion | 169 |
Notes | 173 |
ColorBlind Liberalism and the Left | 46 |
The Limits of ColorBlind Liberalism | 53 |
Liberal Autonomy | 67 |
The Nature of Autonomy | 70 |
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