2. The Neutrality of the Status Quo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. What I Am Doing Here, and How I Am Doing It 1
5. 1. Language: The Power We Love to Hate 17
6. 2. The Neutrality of the Status Quo 42
7. 3. “Political Correctness” and Hate Speech: The Word as Sword 86
8. 4. Mad, Bad, and Had: The Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas Narrative(s) 118
9. 5. Hillary Rodham Clinton: What the Sphinx Thinks 158
10. 6. Who Framed “O.J.”? 194
11. 7. Ebonics—It’s Chronic 227
12. 8. The Story of Ugh 252
13. Notes 283
14. References 303
15. Index 313