General introduction. Introduction ; A brief biographical narrative ; Creating depth of insight through developing connectivity ; The "reality" of groupness ; Notions of reflexivity ; Contours of "professional" inquiry ; Outline of chapters 2-9 -- Conceptualizing new racism in relation to old-fashioned racism : concepts and research approaches. Introduction ; New racism in relation to old-fashioned racism ; New racism ; The use of concepts across geographical contexts ; Conclusion -- Experimental research : studying variables to examine casual effects in terms of mitigating against the potential of racism. Introduction ; Nier et al.'s experiments in relation to common group identity (Delaware, USA) ; Related work on recategorization ; Revisiting the experiments and their theoretical framing ; Complementary work on crossed categorization (In various geographical contexts) ; Decategorization in relation to the understanding of group categorization ; Monteith, Voils, and Ashburn-Nardo's experiment : exploring white people's reactions to implicit racial bias (Kentucky, USA) ; Ashburn-Nardo et al.'s related work with African American participants (Kentucky, USA) ; Revisiting Monteith, Voils, and Ashburn-Nardo's and Ashburn-Nardo et al.'s experiments ; Some other experimental work on the IAT : the influence of the stimulus items ; Conclusion -- Survey research : examining expressed feelings and views on racial(ized) issues as variables along with other variables. Introduction ; Rabinowitz et al.'s survey exploring the relationship between egalitarianism and affective bias (Los Angeles, USA) ; Revisiting Rabinowitz et al.'s research ; Haley and Sidanius's survey exploring the positive and negative framing of affirmative action (Lost Angeles, USA) ; A comment on Haley and Sidanius's survey ; Dunn and Geeraert's survey in Australia ; Revisiting Dunn and Geeraert's approach : probing their proffered "student activities" ; Conclusion -- Intensive interviewing as research : generating in-depth talk to explore experience/cognitions of racism. Introduction ; Essed's intensive interviewing ; Revisiting Essed's discussion ; Focus group discussion as intensive interviewing ; Romm's organization of a focus group discussion around post-apartheid friendships ; Reviewing Romm's focus group interviewing approach ; Conclusion -- Ethnographic research : exploring the quality of social life in social settings. Introduction ; DeCuir and Dixson's study of a high school in the USA ; Revisiting DeCuir and Dixson's approach ; Some views on autoethnography as social inquiry ; Romm's involvement in a case of felt discrimination at a university in the United Kingdom ; Review of Romm's autoethnographic "report" ; Conclusion -- Action research : exploring in action the meaning of research as change in complex living systems. Introduction ; Weil et al.'s action inquiry around institutional racism in organizational contexts in Britain ; Revisiting the Through a Hundred Pairs of Eyes Program ; Action inquiry towards a peace movement in relation to Cyprus ; Revisiting the inquiries ; Conclusion -- Research conducted in terms of retroductive processes : rethinking the theorization of racism. Introduction ; Retroductive logic : the potential for theorizing around structures ; Bonilla-Silva's approach to rethinking racism via a structural interpretation ; Revisiting Bonilla-Silva's approach to theorizing ; A way of considering racism in Latin America with special reference to Brazil ; Revisiting Bourdieu and Wacquant's concerns with reference to the Brazilian case ; Conclusion -- General conclusion : reviewing research approaches, conceptualizing mixed-research designs, and writing into one another's stories. Introduction ; Summary overview of the book ; Mixed-research designs ; Some concluding notes ; Some unexplored areas for further inquiry.
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