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At a time when movements for racial justice are front and center in U.S. national politics, this book provides essential new understanding to the study of race, its influence on people's lives, and what we can do to address the persistent and foundational American problem of systemic racism. Knowledge about race and racism changes as social and historical conditions evolve, as different generations of scholars experience unique societal conditions, and as new voices from those who have previously been kept at the margins have challenged us to reconceive our thinking about race and ethnicity. In this collection of essays by prominent sociologists whose work has transformed the understanding of race and ethnicity, each reflects on their career and how their personal experiences have shaped their contribution to understanding racism, both in scholarly and public debate.
Merging biography, memoir, and sociohistorical analysis, these essays provide vital insight into the influence of race on people's perspectives and opportunities both inside and outside of academia, and how racial inequality is felt, experienced, and confronted.
Contents
Life Histories on Transforming the Study of Racism: An Introduction
-Margaret L. Andersen and Maxine Baca Zinn
1. Doing Sociology While Black
-Aldon Morris
2. The Praxis of Being Black in America: Grounding the Intellectual Project
-Enobong Hannah Branch
3. From Clueless to Critical: My Journey to Understanding the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
-Margaret L. Andersen
4. Thinking through Race
-Michael Omi
5. Killing Me Softly: Race, Racism, and Sociology in My Life
-Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
6. 'I Change Myself; I Change the World': The Testimonio of a First-Generation Chicana Scholar-Activist
-Denise A. Segura
7. A Critical Race Feminist at the Crossroads of Biography and History
-Mary Romero
8. An Affirmative Action Confession
-C. Matthew Snipp
9. The Sandbox, Sisterhood, and a Sociological Journey
-Bonnie Thornton Dill
10. From El Valle to Public Sociology: My Personal Intellectual Journey
-Rogelio Sáenz
11. Shifting Boundaries
-Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
12. Disrupting Silences: Affect and Embodied Experiences of Systemic Oppression
-Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
13. Redefining and Reclaiming Race as a Latina Sociologist
-Maxine Baca Zinn
14. Always Observant: The Academic Journey of an Urban Ethnographer
-Elijah Anderson
15. An Outsider Within: Reflections on the Intersections of My Life and Work
-Evelyn Nakano Glenn
