Racing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action - Paperback

by Jennifer Pierce (Author)

Investigates the roles of popular culture and white professional elite men in constructing and facilitating the backlash against affirmative action policies.

Author Biography

Jennifer L. Pierce is Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is coauthor of Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and in History (2008) and author of Gender Trials: Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms (1995).