Race experts
how racial etiquette, sensitivity training, and new age …
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
267 pages | ~7 hrs
Race experts
how racial etiquette, sensitivity training, and new age therapy hijacked the civil rights revolution
By Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
In the decades following the civil rights movement, America developed an unexpected approach to addressing racial tensions: treating them as matters of personal etiquette and therapeutic healing rather than systemic justice. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn examines this profound shift in how we understand and navigate race relations, revealing how our focus moved from equality to elaborate social protocols.
Through careful analysis of diversity training programs, multicultural educational initiatives, and cross-cultural therapeutic practices, Lasch-Quinn traces the emergence of what she calls "race experts." These practitioners have created detailed behavioral codes designed to manage interracial encounters, drawing their methods from the human potential movement and radical philosophies of the 1960s.
This transformation carries significant consequences for personal and collective growth. By framing racial issues primarily through the lens of sensitivity training and therapeutic intervention, we may be avoiding deeper conversations about justice, poverty, violence, and persistent inequality. The author suggests that our current approach, while well-intentioned, diverts energy from addressing root causes of racial discord.
For readers seeking authentic understanding of how social healing occurs, this work offers a thought-provoking examination of whether our current methods truly serve transformation or merely provide comfort. Lasch-Quinn challenges us to consider whether genuine progress requires moving beyond prescribed interactions toward more substantive engagement with underlying issues of fairness and human dignity.
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore United States -- Race relations.
- ✓ Explore Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- ✓ Explore African Americans
- ✓ Explore History
- ✓ Explore Race relations
- ✓ Explore Interpersonal relations -- United States.
- ✓ Explore Etiquette
- ✓ Explore Psychological aspects
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Details
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Norton
- ISBN-10
- 039304873X
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- EN
