Racism without racists color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America

"Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic component...

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Main Author: Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo, 1962- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Edition:Sixth edition.
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Summary:"Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic components, and racial stories Whites rely on to articulate their views on racial affairs. Relying on systematically-gathered interview data, Bonilla-Silva not only de constructs the main elements of this ideology, but also explains how the ways most Whites live their lives (the "white habitus") is central to the reproduction of this ideology, why a specific segment of the White community is more racially progressive, and accounts for how Blacks are effected by the ideology. In this edition, the author has added a very didactic chapter discussing what makes "systemic racism" systemic and another examining how color-blind racism framed many issues during the pandemic"--
Physical Description:xxii, 366 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538151419
1538151413
9781538151402
1538151405
Author Notes:Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is the James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University. The recipient of the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociological Association, he is the author of numerous other books including White Logic, White Methods . He served as president of the Southern Sociological Society and the American Sociological Association in 2017-2018.