Joe R Feagin, Hernan Vera, Pinar Batur

White Racism

The Basics

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Produktbeschreibung

The continuing reality of racism in the United States is exposed in the revised second edition of "White Racism." Taking issue with those who claim the significance of racism is declining, the authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents, including the Rodney King beating, revealing this "dirty little secret of American life" as a fundamental social practice embedded in cherished cultural and political institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780415924610
• ISBN-10: 0415924618
• Artikelnr.: 21774256

Autorenporträt

Joe R Feagin, Hernan Vera and Pinar Batur

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Waste of White Racism
2 Racism in Practice: Case Studies
3 Ghosts of Segregation: Discrimination in Restaurants
4 Racism and Murder: The Cases of Boston, Portland, and Jasper
5 The Racial Profile of Police Brutality
6 Racism in the Halls of Power: The Texaco, Willie Horton, and Sister Souljah Cases
7 Sincere Fictions of the White Self8 Taking Action Against Racism: Problems and Prospects
Notes
Index.