Culture of Prejudice : Arguments in Critical Social Science

Table of Contents

• CONTENTS 5
• Acknowledgements 9
• Introduction to the Book its Authors 11
• Introduction to the Book and its Authors 13
• HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS CULTURE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS 16
• THE CULTURE OF PREJUDICE AND MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCE 18
• PREJUDICED OR BIASED 20
• THE BOOK AND ITS AUTHORS 22
• Judith C. Blackwell 23
• Murray E.G. Smith 23
• John S. Sorenson 24
• Nationalism Racism Fundamentalism Terrorism 29
• CHAPTER 1 31
• My country right or wrong 31
• CHAPTER 2 37
• Everybody is a racist its part of human nature 37
• CHAPTER 3 47
• Im not a racist and nobody I know is either 47
• CHAPTER 4 53
• Immigrants are threatening our way of life 53
• CHAPTER 5 59
• God is on our side 59
• CHAPTER 6 67
• Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists 67
• Colonialism Globalization 77
• CHAPTER 7 79
• Third World poverty is the result of traditional values 79
• CHAPTER 8 87
• The USA promotes freedom throughout the world 87
• CHAPTER 9 95
• Free markets pave the way for social development 95
• Poverty Social Dispossession 105
• CHAPTER 10 107
• The Welfare State Rewards Laziness 107
• THE LEGACY OF SOCIAL DARWINISM 109
• CHAPTER 11 113
• Idle hands are the Devils workshop 113
• CHAPTER 12 121
• Indians shouldnt have any special rights 121
• CHAPTER 13 127
• If unemployed people cant find jobs they should start their own businesses 127
• CHAPTER 14 133
• Recent trends toward falling living standards show that there are natural limits to the expansion of human prosperity 133
• CHAPTER 15 137
• The real culprit for the poverty gap between rich and poor countries is not uneven trade but excessive population growth 137
• Social Class 143
• CHAPTER 16 145
• Class inequality is an inevitable feature of the human condition 145
• CHAPTER 17 151
• As a rule the rich deserve their wealth 151
• CHAPTER 18 159
• A classless society in a complex and economically developed society is impossible it is an unrealistic utopia 159
• CHAPTER 19 165
• Most people belong to the middle class 165
• Feminism the Womens Movement 177
• CHAPTER 20 179
• Feminists are just male bashers 179
• CHAPTER 21 187
• Feminism is no longer relevant 187
• Health Sexuality Reproduction 195
• SOCIAL SCIENCE IN MEDICINE 197
• CHAPTER 22 197
• Doctor Knows Best 197
• HEALTH WEALTH AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY 200
• CHAPTER 23 203
• Modesty and virtue are the essence of femininity 203
• SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION 205
• CHAPTER 24 207
• Homosexuality is unnatural 207
• CHAPTER 25 215
• Abortion is murder 215
• RIGHT TO LIFE 216
• THE ADOPTION OPTION 218
• THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN 220
• CHAPTER 26 223
• The family is a haven in a heartless world 223
• PROMOTING FAMILY VALUES 225
• NO MOTIVE KNOWN ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH NO NAME 227
• POSTSCRIPT 228
• Policing the Culture of Prejudice 231
• CHAPTER 27 233
• Lock em up and throw away the key 233
• DOES THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE GENDER 235
• THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 238
• CHAPTER 28 241
• Just say no to Drugs 241
• THE SEDUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE POWERS OF DRUGS 245
• MYTHMAKING IN THE CULTURE OF PREJUDICE 247
• CHAPTER 29 251
• Support Your Local Police 251
• CHAPTER 30 257
• In America Justice is Blind 257
• Ecology Animal Liberation 265
• CHAPTER 31 267
• People come first 267
• CHAPTER 32 271
• Eating meat is natural 271
• CHAPTER 33 279
• Hunting is part of human nature 279
• The Economy 285
• CHAPTER 34 287
• When corporations win Everyone wins 287
• DOES LABOUR NEED CAPITAL 291
• CHAPTER 35 295
• Unions are too powerful they are detrimental to the economy 295
• Politics Ideology 303
• CHAPTER 36 305
• He who says organization says oligarchy 305
• CHAPTER 37 311
• Radicalism of the Left and Right are Equally Deplorable 311
• CHAPTER 38 321
• Vote for the candidate of your choice but vote 321
• EPILOGUE 329
• Black September and the culture of prejudice 329
• US FOREIGN POLICY AND BLOWBACK 330
• DONT CONFUSE US WITH THE FACTS 332
• AMERICA STRIKES BACK 333
• THE CLASH OF BARBARISMS 334
• GLOSSARY 337