Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-357) and index.
Contents:
Preface to the sixth edition -- 1. The strange enigma of race in contemporary America -- 2. What is systemic racism? Coming to terms with how racism shapes "all" whites (and non-whites) -- 3. The new racism: the U.S. racial structure since the 1960s -- 4. The central frames of color-blind racism -- 5. The style of color blindness: how to talk nasty about minorities without sounding racist -- 6. "I didn't get that job because of a black man": color-blind racism's racial stories -- 7. Peeking inside the white habitus: the significance of whites' segregation -- 8. Are all whites refined Archie Bunkers? An examination of white racial progressives -- 9. Are blacks color blind, too? -- 10. Color-blind racism in pandemic times -- 11. Conclusion: no excuses : you must join the fight against color-blind and systemic racism in America.
Summary:
"Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic components, and racial stories Whites rely on to articulate their views on racial affairs. Relying on systematically-gathered interview data, Bonilla-Silva not only deconstructs the main elements of this ideology, but also explains how the ways most Whites live their lives (the "white habitus") is central to the reproduction of this ideology, why a specific segment of the White community is more racially progressive, and accounts for how Blacks are effected by the ideology. In this edition, the author has added a very didactic chapter discussing what makes "systemic racism" systemic and another examining how color-blind racism framed many issues during the pandemic"-- Provided by publisher.
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