who counts as "them?": racism and virtue in the united states and france

Author: Lamont M.

Source: Contexts, Volume 2, Number 4, 1 November 2003 , pp. 36-41(6)

Publisher: University of California Press

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Abstract:

In the United States, black Americans are the typical targets of discrimination. In France, the victims are usually Arab immigrants. In both cases, prejudice against minorities has less to do with the color or national origin of the ostracized than with the need of whites and natives to preserve their own sense of moral self-worth.

Document Type: Research article

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