- African Americans, Intellectual life, Race relations, Racism
Why hate Abercrombie? In a world rife with human cruelty and oppression, why waste your scorn on a popular clothing retailer? The rationale, Dwight A. McBride argues, lies in "the banality of evil," or the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture.
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Contemporary, character-led, classical in form and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Dwight A. McBride
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- New York University
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780814756850
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