Calculating Race:
In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the ninet...
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Zusammenfassung: | In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized race in its calculations at the end of the nineteenth century, focusing particularly on Prudential and its aggressive battles with state regulators to discriminate against clients and adjust rates on the basis of race. He then turns his focus to the collection of racial statistics in the Illinois state penitentiary system in the late nineteenth century and the state's subsequent development of predictive sentencing and parole formulas in the 1920s that weighed race as a key factor. Next, he investigates the role of race in the state-sponsored mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration between the start of the New Deal and the beginning of the Cold War and its prolonged effects on mortgage lending. Wiggins concludes with an analysis of the use of race in the statistical risk assessments across financial institutions and government programs during the post-civil rights movement era. |
Beschreibung: | Online resource; Title from title page (viewed December 22, 2020) |
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spelling | Wiggins, Benjamin 1985- VerfasserIn aut Calculating Race Benjamin Wiggins 1st edition. [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] HighBridge 2020 1 Online-Ressource (1 sound file) Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Online resource; Title from title page (viewed December 22, 2020) In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized race in its calculations at the end of the nineteenth century, focusing particularly on Prudential and its aggressive battles with state regulators to discriminate against clients and adjust rates on the basis of race. He then turns his focus to the collection of racial statistics in the Illinois state penitentiary system in the late nineteenth century and the state's subsequent development of predictive sentencing and parole formulas in the 1920s that weighed race as a key factor. Next, he investigates the role of race in the state-sponsored mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration between the start of the New Deal and the beginning of the Cold War and its prolonged effects on mortgage lending. Wiggins concludes with an analysis of the use of race in the statistical risk assessments across financial institutions and government programs during the post-civil rights movement era. African Americans Social conditions 1975- African Americans Economic conditions Risk assessment United States Race discrimination United States Actuarial science United States African Americans Housing Life insurance United States African American criminals Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States Since 1975 Noirs américains ; Conditions sociales ; 1975- Noirs américains ; Conditions économiques Évaluation du risque ; États-Unis Actuariat ; États-Unis Noirs américains ; Logement Criminels noirs américains Sentences (Procédure pénale) ; États-Unis Actuarial science African Americans ; Economic conditions African Americans ; Housing African Americans ; Social conditions Life insurance Race discrimination Race relations Risk assessment Sentences (Criminal procedure) États-Unis ; Relations raciales United States Downloadable audio books Audiobooks Livres audio United States Race relations Martin, Eric ErzählerIn nrt |
spellingShingle | Wiggins, Benjamin 1985- Calculating Race African Americans Social conditions 1975- African Americans Economic conditions Risk assessment United States Race discrimination United States Actuarial science United States African Americans Housing Life insurance United States African American criminals Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States Since 1975 Noirs américains ; Conditions sociales ; 1975- Noirs américains ; Conditions économiques Évaluation du risque ; États-Unis Actuariat ; États-Unis Noirs américains ; Logement Criminels noirs américains Sentences (Procédure pénale) ; États-Unis Actuarial science African Americans ; Economic conditions African Americans ; Housing African Americans ; Social conditions Life insurance Race discrimination Race relations Risk assessment Sentences (Criminal procedure) États-Unis ; Relations raciales United States Downloadable audio books Audiobooks Livres audio |
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topic | African Americans Social conditions 1975- African Americans Economic conditions Risk assessment United States Race discrimination United States Actuarial science United States African Americans Housing Life insurance United States African American criminals Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States Since 1975 Noirs américains ; Conditions sociales ; 1975- Noirs américains ; Conditions économiques Évaluation du risque ; États-Unis Actuariat ; États-Unis Noirs américains ; Logement Criminels noirs américains Sentences (Procédure pénale) ; États-Unis Actuarial science African Americans ; Economic conditions African Americans ; Housing African Americans ; Social conditions Life insurance Race discrimination Race relations Risk assessment Sentences (Criminal procedure) États-Unis ; Relations raciales United States Downloadable audio books Audiobooks Livres audio |
topic_facet | African Americans Social conditions 1975- African Americans Economic conditions Risk assessment United States Race discrimination United States Actuarial science United States African Americans Housing Life insurance United States African American criminals Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States Since 1975 Noirs américains ; Conditions sociales ; 1975- Noirs américains ; Conditions économiques Évaluation du risque ; États-Unis Actuariat ; États-Unis Noirs américains ; Logement Criminels noirs américains Sentences (Procédure pénale) ; États-Unis Actuarial science African Americans ; Economic conditions African Americans ; Housing African Americans ; Social conditions Life insurance Race discrimination Race relations Risk assessment Sentences (Criminal procedure) États-Unis ; Relations raciales United States Downloadable audio books Audiobooks Livres audio United States Race relations |
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