Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction"Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax Chapter OneThe "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable Chapter TwoThe "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational DiscriminationWhy Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable Race and the Subversion of Rationality Chapter ThreeThe "Involuntary Negrophobe" The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law Chapter FourOf Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias Private Bias and Equal Protection Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice Chapter FiveBlame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats,and Demons Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work Narrative, Consent, and Blame The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism "Disadvantaged Social Background" Opponents Grasp at StrawsIdeological Agendas Chapter SixRepealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom Conclusion Notes Index