Yuppie Racism: Race Relations in the 1980s.

Lowy, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ429548

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Publication Date: 1991

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Yuppie Racism: Race Relations in the 1980s.

Lowy, Richard

Journal of Black Studies, v21 n4 p445-64 Jun 1991

Racism surfaced in the 1980s at the very time Americans believed that equality and justice had prevailed. Yuppie racism refers to post-1960s born, post-Vietnam educated young people being led to believe that racial intolerance was over, shielding them from the need to examine their own attitudes and position in society. (CJS)

Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Black Community, Blacks, Civil Rights, Demonstrations (Civil), Discriminatory Legislation, Economic Opportunities, Ethnocentrism, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, United States History, Young Adults

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Language: English

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