Racism without Racists

Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America

By (author) Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

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Publication date:

09 June 2017

Length of book:

376 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442276222

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for—and ultimately justify—racial inequalities. The fifth edition of this provocative book makes clear that color blind racism is as insidious now as ever. It features new material on our current racial climate, including the Black Lives Matter movement; a significantly revised chapter that examines the Obama presidency, the 2016 election, and Trump’s presidency; and a new chapter addressing what readers can do to confront racism—both personally and on a larger structural level.

Preface to the Fifth Edition
1 The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America
2 The New Racism: The U.S. Racial Structure Since the 1960s
3 The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism
4 The Style of Color Blindness: How to Talk Nasty about Minorities without Sounding Racist
5 “I Didn’t Get That Job Because of a Black Man”: Color-Blind Racism’s Racial Stories
6 Peeking Inside the (White) House of Color Blindness: The Significance of Whites’ Segregation
7 Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? An Examination of White Racial Progressives
8 Are Blacks Color Blind, Too?
9 E Pluribus Unum, or the Same Old Perfume in a New Bottle? On the Future of Racial Stratification in the United States
10 From Obamerica to Trumpamerica: The Continuing Significance of Color-Blind Racism
11 Conclusion: What is to Be Done? Talking with YOU about How to Fight Color Blind Racism in America

I love Racism without Racists. I use it in my undergraduate stratification course, and students are split on how they receive the book. Half love it, the other half hate it. Either way, it makes them think about race and racism. Whether the material in the book confirms their general viewpoint, or they spend time and effort trying to refute the book, the students are engaged with the material. I couldn’t ask for more.