Racism in the 21st Century
An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color
Editors: Hall, Ronald E. (Ed.)
Free Preview- Comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of racism
- Gives historical overview as well as detailed examination of the current state
- Written for researchers and scholars, but will be of interest to a general audience
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In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation to assume that racism is no longer the pressing social concern in the United States that it once was. The contributors show that racism has not fallen from the forefront of American society, but is manifest in a different way. According to the authors in this volume, in 21st century, skin color has come to replace race as an important cause of discrimination. This is evidenced in the increasing usage of the term "people of color" to encompass people of a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.
The editor has compiled a diverse group of contributors to examine racism from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions range from the science of racism, from its perceived biological basis at the end of the 19th century, to sociological studies its new forms in the 21st century. The result is a work that will be invaluable to understanding the challenges of confronting Racism in the 21st Century.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Demystifying Skin Color and “Race”
Pages 3-23
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Manifestations of Racism in the 21st Century
Pages 25-44
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Skin Color Bias in the Workplace: The Media’s Role and Implications Toward Preference
Pages 47-62
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The Cost of Color: What We Pay for Being Black and Brown
Pages 63-76
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Skin Color, Immigrant Wages, and Discrimination
Pages 77-90
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Racism in the 21st Century
- Book Subtitle
- An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color
- Editors
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- Ronald E. Hall
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-79098-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-0-387-79097-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-79097-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-2710-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 260
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics
