Full Description
Over the last century, the United States and much of the world broadly has seen massive social change with respect to attitudes and beliefs about anti-Black racism. But change alone does not ensure a decline in racism. In Anti-Black Racism in America, renowned race relations scholar Thomas F. Pettigrew undertakes a comprehensive assessment of the key trends in racism against Black Americans, drawing on a wide range of scholarship and his own decades of experience in the field. The book describes the advances made in recent years that promise a decline in anti-Black racism--especially in politics and education, but it also highlights where American racism remains firmly entrenched--in economics, housing, and the justice system. Employing significant insights from social psychology, such as understanding implicit prejudice and the importance of intergroup contact, Pettigrew lays out a theory of racism centering the importance of segregation in housing for its perpetuation, and makes the case for reparations funded by billionaires.
Contents
Introduction
1: Prejudice: Implicit and Explicit Racial Mindsets
2: Racial Discrimination
3: The Power of Racial Norms
4: Race and Economics
5: Race and Education
6: Race, Crime, and Justice
7: Race and Health
8: Race and Politics
9: Interracial Contact
10: Race and Housing
11: So, Has American Racism Declined?
12: The Need for Reparations
Bibliography
Index
