Full Description
Race in Society is a comprehensive, but brief, book that introduces readers to current research scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially constructed basis of race and the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. institutions. The book is anchored in contemporary social science scholarship and is written in a narrative style that makes it accessible to students and a general readership.The book is intended as an upper division text, primarily for courses in the sociology of race and ethnicity, but it can also be used in other social science and interdisciplinary courses and programs. Its brief character will make it attractive to instructors who want to pair it with other books and/or anthologies. Given the broad public interest in race, the book has the potential to cross into the trade market. Four themes guide the organization of the book, including:1.the social construction of race and ethnicity, as they evolve within systems of power and privilege; 2.the social dynamics of prejudice, bias and racism, including colorblind racism;3.the multiple dimensions of racial stratification in U.S. social institutions; 4.differing strategies for social change, especially as the United States becomes increasingly diverse by race and ethnicity.
Contents
ContentsPreface: Dilemma or Dream? The Quagmire of Race in AmericaAbout the AuthorCh. 1: Race: A Thoroughly Social Idea*The One Drop Rule*Race: A Modern Idea*The Myth of Biological Race *Who Counts? Racial Classification Systems *Defining Race and Ethnicity: Intersecting Ideas*Race Is a Process, Not a Thing: Racial Formation Ch. 2: What Do You Think? Prejudice, Racism, and Colorblindness *A Few Bad Apples or We All Have It? The Social Dynamics of Prejudice *Does Prejudice Cause Racism? The Prejudice-Discrimination Link*Polling for Prejudice: The Decline in Jim Crow Racism *"I'm Not a Racist, But ... ": New Forms of Racism *"Gee, I Never Think of You As...": Colorblind Racism in "Post-Racial" AmericaCh. 3: Representing Race: Popular Culture and the Media*The Power of Culture: Cultural Racism, Stereotypes, and Controlling Images*The Echo of the Past *Who Sees What? *Isn't It Just for Fun?*Markets, Makers, and Money: The Media Makes Race *Race, Resistance, and Alternative VisionsCh. 4 Who Do You Think You Are? Racial Identities and Interaction*Who Am I? Racial Identities in a Racialized Society*Whiteness and White Privilege*It's the Little Things That Count: Racial Microaggressions*Who Do You Know? Interracial RelationshipsPART II: UNDERSTANDING RACIAL STRATIFICATIONCh. 5: Diverse Histories/Common Threads: Race and Ethnicity Build a Nation*Land of the Free, Home of Native Americans *The Peculiar Institution: Slavery and Its Aftermath*Annexing the Southwest: The Mexican American Experience*Opening the Nation's Doors...and Slamming Them Closed*Waves of Whiteness: European Immigration*The New Immigration: Changing the Face of the NationCh. 6: Roots of Racial Inequality: Framing the Discussion*We Made It...Why Can't They? Assimilation and the American Dream*A Structural Perspective on Racial Inequality*What's Class Got to Do with It? The Race-Class Connection*What about Culture? The Culture-Structure DebatePart III: RACE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSCh. 7: Economic Inequality: Work, Class, and Poverty *Income Inequality: The Difference Race Makes*Race, Wealth, and Debt*Growing Inequality and Economic Restructuring: What Does Race have to Do With It?*Race and the Workplace*Explaining Racialized Economic Inequality*Poverty: America's BasementCh. 8: Bringing It Home: Families and Communities *What Do Families Look Like? Diverse Family Forms*Mythologizing Families: Race and Beliefs about Families *Families in the Making: The History of Race and Family Formation*Structuring Families: Structural Diversity Theory *Caring across the Life Course *Changing Trends for Racial-Ethnic Families*Families and Social PolicyCh. 9: Race, Space, and Place: Residential and Educational Segregation*Living in Separated Spaces: Housing and Residential Segregation *Learning in Unequal Places: Schooling in a Racially Unequal Society *Race and the Achievement Gap*Succeeding Against the Odds: Race and School SuccessCh. 10. It Gets to You: Health Care and the Environment*It Makes You Sick: Race and Health Disparities *Why Do Racial Health Disparities Persist? *Institutional Racism and the Health Care System*Up Close and Personal: Race and Reproductive Politics*Racism in the Air You Breathe: Environmental RacismCh. 11: Justice and Injustice: Race and Crime*Race and Crime: Myths and Realities*Counting Crime: The Social Construction of Racial Categories*Race, Violence, and Victimization*Immigration and Crime: Rhetoric and Fact*Criminal Injustice: Race and the Administration of Justice*Explaining the Race-Crime Connection PART III: RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGECh. 12: The Long Search for Racial Justice *The Early Road to Civil Rights *The Civil Rights Movement*Power to the People: The Movement's Radical Turn*Black Lives Matter: The Movement Now *Colorblind or Color-Conscious? Frameworks for Change*The New Multicultural/Multiracial Society: Where Are We Going? GlossaryReferencesName IndexSubject Index
