Melanie E. L. Bush

Everyday Forms of Whiteness (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Race in a 'Post-Racial' World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of Melanie Bush's acclaimed Everyday Forms of Whiteness looks at the often-unseen ways racism impacts our lives. The author has interviewed and surveyed hundreds of college students and reveals that even though we talk as though we live in a "post-racial" world after the election of Barack Obama, racism is still very much a factor in everyday life. The second edition incorporates new data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality. The book introduces key terms for the study for race and ethnicity, reveals the mechanisms that support the racial hierarchy in U.S. society, then outlines ways we can challenge long-standing patterns of racial inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742599994
• Artikelnr.: 39476503

Autorenporträt

By Melanie E. L. Bush - Foreword by Joe R. Feagin

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations Foreword by Joe R. Feagin Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Here and Now Chapter 2: White
Black
and Places "In Between" Chapter 3: American Identity
Democracy
the Flag
and the Foreign-Born Experience Chapter 4: Making Sense
Nonsense
and No Sense of Race and Rules Chapter 5: Poverty
Wealth
Discrimination
and Privilege Chapter 6: Cracks in the Wall of Whiteness: Desperately Seeking Agency and Optimism Epilogue: How Things Change as They Remain the Same Afterword Bibliography Notes Index About the Author