Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States - Softcover

Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742546861 ISBN 13: 9780742546868

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

The first edition of this best-selling book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post-Civil Rights era, new powerful ideology of "color-blind racism" has emerged. Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for and ultimately justify racial inequities.

In the new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white / black dichotomy. He argues that the U.S. is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. And he has updated the book throughout with new information, data, and references where appropriate. The book ends with a new Postscript, "What is to be Done (For Real?)". As in the highly acclaimed first edition, Bonilla-Silva continues to challenge color-blind thinking.

About this title

About the Author:

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is research professor of sociology at Duke University.

Review:

Quick, fast-paced, and critical, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's insightful analysis provides an important critique of those who want to shift explanations of racial disparities from racism to cultural deficiencies. (Lee D. Baker)

Bonilla-Silva offers a fascinating analysis of racism in the Unites States. (Horizons)

Every white American should have the privilege to have that eureka moment: ‘Ah! Now I understand what being white means, in the most profound sense.’ The entire world looks different from then on. Racism without Racists leads white Americans to that very moment of discovery. (Blau, Judith)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0742546861
• ISBN 13: 9780742546868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288