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 | | Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva ISBN-10: 9780742546868 ISBN-10: 0-7425-4686-1 ISBN-13: 9780742546868 ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4686-8 Paperback 2006-08-04 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description In this book, Bonilla-Silva explores with systematic interview data the nature and components of post-civil rights racial ideology. Specifically, he documents the existence of a new suave and apparently non-racial racial ideology he labels color-blind racism. He suggests this ideology, anchored on the decontextualized, ahistorical, and abstract extension of liberalism to racial matters, has become the organizational matrix whites use to explain and account for racial matters in America. | ||
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Great Read Great read. Racism in the "post racial" age is colorblind. Its "racism without racists" and it operates in 4 frames: (1) Abstract Liberalism - says that you cannot give preferential treatment to certain groups to promote racial equality, as equal opportunity is there for all to access. (2) Naturalization - says that people self select... people will naturally "gravitate towards like." (3) Cultural Racism - explains the standing of minorities in society as being the result of cultural proclivities. (4) Minimization of Racism - race is simply no longer a factor. That's ancient history. People of color are hypersensitive. I wish I could have read this with my students, but it would have may be a bit heavy for undergrads. There are easier introductory reads on the topic, but this one is quite thorough. | ||
In Geat Condition The book is in great condition as if I went in the store and bought it myself. The delivery was also prompt. I was very pleased with the service. | ||
Worthless This book is pure garbage. The author wants to turn "racism" into a shaming word which can only be used against his political opponents. I cannot think of a better example of contemporary pseudoscholarship. | ||
An Amazing and Fresh Perspective Bonilla-Silva takes on one of the most pervasive myths in our society by effectively deconstructing and points out the FACT that we have NOT reached a TRUE pluralist (AKA multicultural) society. He also shows that the only thing that's changed when it comes to race and racism in our society is how we talk about it. (Whites have especially changed in this regard.) This is a VERY useful book, esp. in the "Age of Obama." | ||
A must read... Racism without Racists is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the topography of American race relations. Highly recommended to educators and policy makers. | ||