Race & Public Policy Midterm

Bonill-Silva

Colorblind racism - racial outcomes persist through structures and habits, without anyone endorsing racist beliefs or even acknowledging race is operating.

Novkov; Francis

The U.S as a racial state - race is built into political development and institutions, not incidental to them

Kettle/Purtle

Public Policy & Federalism - the same federal policy can produce divergent state-level outcomes because implementation is left to subnational governments

Howlett, McConnell & Perl

Multiple Streams; A policy window opens in the problem stream; race shapes stream the problem even lands in how urgently its treated

Knaggard

Problem Framing - race shapes who gets to define the problem, and whose account of it is treated as credible

Wolfe et all

Media attention does not equal policy attention; the quiet cut reflects a target population constructed as Deviant/Contender group receiving lower-visibility harsher treatment

Omi & Winant

Hypo-descent — a specifically American legal invention, not biological fact; proof that racial categories are socially and politically constructed