Covert Racism
Theories, Institutions, and Experiences
Published on 9. June 2011
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-90-04-20365-5 (ISBN)
Description
Covert racism, subtle in application, often appears hidden by norms of association, affiliation, group membership and/or identity. As such, covert racism is often excused or confused with mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, ritual and ceremony, acceptance and rejection. Covert racism operates as a boundary keeping mechanism whose primary purpose is to maintain social distance between racial majorities and racial minorities. Such boundary mechanisms work best when they are assumed natural, legitimate, and normal. These boundary mechanisms are typically taught subconsciously or even unconsciously within social institutions and groups. This volume deals with the theories, institutions and experiences associated with covert racism.
Reviews / Votes
"This elaborate volume which pulls together the work of leading scholars examining racial inequality explicates the insidious depth and breadth of racism in contemporary U.S. (and global) social structure. [...] I thought about the usefulness of this book for my own scholarship and teaching. The different levels of analysis (...) as well as the varied methodologies (...) would appeal to young students. Additionally, the book's breadth of substantive information about race and racism, [...] provides a wealth of important resources for scholars of race at all levels from student to professor." - Wendy Leo Moore, in: Contemporary Sociology 42, 4"This is a useful one-stop guide devoted to explaining how, to borrow from Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, "racism without racists" works. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." - in: Choice, February 2012
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-20365-5 (9789004203655)
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Persons
Rodney D. Coates, Ph.D. (1987) in Sociology, University of Chicago, is Professor of Sociology at Miami University. He has published extensively in the areas of critical race and ethnic relations including his edited text Race and Ethnic Relations: Across Time, Space and Discipline (Brill 2004).
Content
Covert Racism - An Introduction, Rodney D. Coates
I. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COVERT RACISM
The Impact of Racial and Nonracial Structural Forces on Poor Urban Blacks, William Julius Wilson
The New Racism: The Racial Regime of Post-Civil Rights America, David Dietrich and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Race Versus Racism as Cause, Tukufu Zuberi
Color Blind White Dominance, Ian Haney Lopez
When Good People Do Bad Things: The Nature of Contemporary Racism, John F. Dovidio and Samuel L. Gaertner
Covert Racism: Theory, Types and Examples, Rodney D. Coates
II. COVERT RACISM AND INSTITUTIONS
Protecting White Power in a Corporate Hierarchy, Sharon M. Collins and Georgiann Davis
If You're White, You're All Right: The Reproduction of Racial Hierarchies in Bollywood Film, Angie Beeman and Anjana Narayan
Race, Culture, and the Pursuit of Employment, Monique Morris and Sirithon Thanasombat
Challenging Our Textbooks and our Teachings: Examining the Reproduction of Racism in the Sociology Classroom, Sarah Chivers and Jolene D. Smyth
Challenging Racial Battle Fatigue on Historically White Campuses: A Critical Race Examination of Race-Related Stress, William A. Smith, Tara J. Yosso, Daniel G. Solorzano
Covert Racism in the U.S. and Globally, Rodney D. Coates
III: COVERT RACISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
The Ineffable Strangeness of Race, Patricia J. Williams
The Social Situation of the Black Executive, Elijah Anderson
Now You Don't See It, Now You Don't: White Lives as Covert Racism, David L. Brunsma
Aren't They All Dead? Passive Racism Against Native Americans, Claudia Fox Tree
Silent Racism, Barbara Trepagnier
One Step From Suicide, Leslie Houts Picca, Joe R. Feagin, and Tracy L. Johns
Lifestyles of the Rich and Racist, Corey Dolgon
Journey to Awareness: Recognizing the Invisibility of Race Issues, Janet Morrison
IV: EPILOGUE
Epilogue: Post-Racial Myths: Disrupting Covert Racism and the Racial Matrix, Rodney D. Coates
List of Contributors
Index
I. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COVERT RACISM
The Impact of Racial and Nonracial Structural Forces on Poor Urban Blacks, William Julius Wilson
The New Racism: The Racial Regime of Post-Civil Rights America, David Dietrich and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Race Versus Racism as Cause, Tukufu Zuberi
Color Blind White Dominance, Ian Haney Lopez
When Good People Do Bad Things: The Nature of Contemporary Racism, John F. Dovidio and Samuel L. Gaertner
Covert Racism: Theory, Types and Examples, Rodney D. Coates
II. COVERT RACISM AND INSTITUTIONS
Protecting White Power in a Corporate Hierarchy, Sharon M. Collins and Georgiann Davis
If You're White, You're All Right: The Reproduction of Racial Hierarchies in Bollywood Film, Angie Beeman and Anjana Narayan
Race, Culture, and the Pursuit of Employment, Monique Morris and Sirithon Thanasombat
Challenging Our Textbooks and our Teachings: Examining the Reproduction of Racism in the Sociology Classroom, Sarah Chivers and Jolene D. Smyth
Challenging Racial Battle Fatigue on Historically White Campuses: A Critical Race Examination of Race-Related Stress, William A. Smith, Tara J. Yosso, Daniel G. Solorzano
Covert Racism in the U.S. and Globally, Rodney D. Coates
III: COVERT RACISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
The Ineffable Strangeness of Race, Patricia J. Williams
The Social Situation of the Black Executive, Elijah Anderson
Now You Don't See It, Now You Don't: White Lives as Covert Racism, David L. Brunsma
Aren't They All Dead? Passive Racism Against Native Americans, Claudia Fox Tree
Silent Racism, Barbara Trepagnier
One Step From Suicide, Leslie Houts Picca, Joe R. Feagin, and Tracy L. Johns
Lifestyles of the Rich and Racist, Corey Dolgon
Journey to Awareness: Recognizing the Invisibility of Race Issues, Janet Morrison
IV: EPILOGUE
Epilogue: Post-Racial Myths: Disrupting Covert Racism and the Racial Matrix, Rodney D. Coates
List of Contributors
Index