ABSTRACT
The Anatomy of Racial Inequality is a concise, intellectually stimulating book—one that provokes useful engagement with the thought of a prominent social analyst who is clearly passionate about the enduring problems shaping the lives of African Americans. Glenn C. Loury describes the efforts of professional schools to admit a diverse group of students with a satisfactory number of African Americans. Although Loury is rigorous and very deliberate in developing his argument about racial stereotypes, his approach fails to consider the ways in which actors wield power in creating stereotypes about groups in order to justify their actions towards them. One major problem with the way Loury develops his concept of racial stigma is that it derives virtually all of its meaning from the ways in which blacks are negatively perceived by whites. White Americans must be encouraged to believe that they have a common humanity with African Americans and that they realize and acknowledge the nation's problematic history.
