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

Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo 1962- (Author).

Summary: "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how beneath our contemporary conversation about race lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for--and ultimately justify-- racial inequalities. This provocative book explodes the belief that America is now a color-blind society. The fourth edition adds a chapter on what Bonilla-Silva calls the 'new racism,' which provides the essential foundation to explore issue of race and ethnicity in more depth. This edition also updates Bonilla-Silva's assessment of race in America after President Barack Obama's reelection."

Record details

ISBN: 9781442220553 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442220546 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442220546 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442220554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442220560 (electronic)
Physical Description: print
xv, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The strange enigma of race in contemporary America -- The new racism : the U.S. racial structure since the 1960s -- The central frames of color-blind racism -- The style of color blindness : how to talk nasty about minorities without sounding racist -- I didn't get that job because of a Black man : color-blind racism's racial stories -- Peeking inside the (white) house of color blindness : the significance of whites' segregation -- Are all whites refined archie bunkers? : an examination of white racial progressives -- Are Blacks color blind, too? -- E pluribus unum or the same old perfume in a new bottle?: on the future of racial stratification in the United States -- Race matters in Obamerica: the sweet (but deadly) enchantment of color blindness in Black face -- Conclusion : "the (color-blind) emperor has no clothes" : exposing the whiteness of color blindness.