To better reflect the current state of research in the sociology of race/ethnicity, this book places significant emphasis on white privilege, the social construction of race, and theoretical perspectives for understanding race and ethnicity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface -- Thinking About Race -- Taking Account of Race and Privilege -- White Privilege: The Other Side of Racism -- Science and the Sociology of Race -- A Sociological History of US Race Relations -- Emergence of the US Racial Hierarchy -- Race Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- Race Relations in Flux: Post-World War II Activism -- Institutional Inequalities -- Education -- Economic Inequality and the Role of the State -- Crime and Criminal Justice -- Race in the Cultural Imagination -- Contemporary Issues in Race/Ethnicity -- Arenas of Racial Integration: Interracial Relationships, Multiracial Families, Biracial/Multiracial Identities, Sports, and the Military -- A Postracial Society?
