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The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions

by William Julius Wilson · 1978

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When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class.

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raceraceMore like thisLess of thisclassclassMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 251 pages

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