{"product_id":"selling-social-justice-why-the-ruling-class-loves-antiracism-9781804294222","title":"Selling Social Justice: Why the Ruling Class Loves Antiracism","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmericans have been sold a version of social justice that fails to deliver\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe national racial reckoning that began in 2020 promised to radically restructure American society from the bottom up. But five years on, it has mainly served to strengthen the ruling class and deliver the rich an opportunity to rehabilitate a profoundly unequal economic order precisely at a moment when the stability of the system and the public's trust in it are drastically deteriorating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorporations have used antiracism to consolidate their political power and evade government regulation. Employers have surveilled and undermined workers through counterproductive diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings. Affluent professionals and Democratic politicians have exacerbated a stark class divide by pushing half-baked \"racial equity\" policies that come at the expense of the majority of working people. And the right has reacted to these developments by stoking a toxic culture war against \"wokeness\" that serves only as a distraction from the increasing economic hardship faced by Americans of all races. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the rise and spread of contemporary antiracist ideology and shows how the rich came to embrace this particular form of justice. In this provocative and thoroughly researched account, Jennifer C. Pan explores why, in a twenty-first-century economy of increasing scarcity, antiracism is the wrong frame for understanding and fighting inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer C. Pan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804294222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer C. Pan\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer in Los Angeles whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissent, Damage\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She was formerly a host of the Jacobin Show and a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jennifer C. Pan \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47284535754909,"sku":"9781804294222","price":39.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_07e3110e-bd38-4ecf-bb8e-13c32ac59e47.jpg?v=1759989831","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/selling-social-justice-why-the-ruling-class-loves-antiracism-9781804294222","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}