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Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't (SUNY series in African American Studies) - Softcover

Book 11 of 54: SUNY series in African American Studies

Robert C. Smith

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9780791424384: Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't (SUNY series in African American Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0791424383 ISBN 13: 9780791424384
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Convincingly demonstrates that racism continues to exist in contemporary American society twenty-five years after the civil rights revolution.

This is the first book to assess in a systematic and theoretically informed way the course and status of racism in the post-civil rights era. It convincingly demonstrates that racism continues to exist in contemporary American society twenty-five years after the civil rights revolution. Smith clarifies the concept of racism through a historical analysis of the doctrine and practice of white supremacy. Then, drawing on a variety of data-surveys, court cases, the academic literature, government and privately collected statistical reports and studies, and personal experiences-Smith traces the present-day manifestations of racism ideologically, attitudinally, behaviorally, and institutionally. The final chapter presents a detailed critique of the literature on the black underclass and of William Julius Wilson's thesis on the declining significance of racism in explaining the underclass. In the process, it presents a persuasive argument that the persistence and growth of the underclass is itself major evidence of the prevalence of racism today.

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About the Author

Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. He is the co-author (with Richard Seltzer) of Race, Class, and Culture: A Study in Afro-American Mass Opinion, also published by SUNY Press.

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This is the first book to assess in a systematic and theoretically informed way the course and status of racism in the post-civil rights era. It convincingly demonstrates that racism continues to exist in contemporary American society twenty-five years after the civil rights revolution. Smith clarifies the concept of racism through a historical analysis of the doctrine and practice of white supremacy.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791424383
ISBN 13 
9780791424384
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
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