Overview
Comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of racism
Gives historical overview as well as detailed examination of the current state
Examines racism and racial identity on the basis of the color of one's skin
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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The Biology of Race and Today’s Manifestations of Racism
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What Are the Costs of Racism?
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The Pervasivences of Racism
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Racism in the 21st Century
Book Subtitle: An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color
Editors: Ronald E. Hall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79097-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-79097-8Published: 28 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2710-1Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-79098-5Published: 06 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 260
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Personality and Social Psychology