How to make opportunity equal: race and contributive justice

This critical examination of racial equality takes a new approach to breaking down racial barriers by proposing a system of equal opportunity through shared labor and contributive justice. Focuses on how race and class inevitably structure vastly unequal life prospects Shows how human society can be organized in a way that does not socialize children for lives of routine labour Looks towards contribution, not distribution, as a way to promote racial equality Argues that by sharing routine and complex labor, social relationships would be transformed, eliminating competition for limited opportunities to develop and contribute abilities A discussion board for ideas and comments relating to the book can be found at: http://howtomakeopportunityequal.blogspot.com

Focuses on how race and class structure unequal life prospects. This book shows how human society can be organized in a way that does not socialize children for lives of routine labor. It maintains that true equality of opportunity comes only when all labor, both routine and complex, is shared

Who toils? : race, equal opportunity, and the division of labor -- Against leveling the playing field -- Against limiting opportunity -- Egalitarianism of opportunity and other egalitarianisms -- Can everyone be esteemed? -- Opportunity for what? : defending the constellation -- Sharing labor -- Transforming relationships -- Is inequality necessary? -- Are some born smarter than others? -- Race and political philosophy -- Justice and markets -- Contributive justice