Understanding Racism

Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms making it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates.

***Recipient of a 2022 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)

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  The author is a proud sponsor of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.

  Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms making it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates. In every chapter, activist and award-winning sociologist Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl describes the emergence of a theory and the problem it addresses; discusses the scholars who are most closely associated with the theory; and explores the strengths and limitations of the theory. From foundational theories such as Prejudice and White Privilege to contemporary theories such as Color-Blind Racism, Understanding Racism is the first text to present thirteen approaches for explaining racism in one book. The book's systematic organization and pedagogical features will help students think theoretically about race and racism at different levels of analysis, as well as reflect and discuss how to challenge racism.

  Autorentext

  Hephzibah V. Strmic-Pawl is Associate Professor of Sociology at Manhattanville College in New York, where she researches and teaches in the areas of race, racism, multiracialism, and history of activism. She is the author of Multiracialism and Its Discontents: A Comparative Analysis of Asian-White and Black-White Multiracials (Lexington Books) *and co-editor with Milton Vickerman of Race and Ethnicity: Constancy in Change (Cognella). She is the founding pedagogy editor of the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.* She is also a recipient of the Joseph B. Gittler Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Strmic-Pawl is the founder and director of the campaign Support Ella Baker Day, which aims to create a holiday in honor of the civil rights movement activist Ella Baker.

  Klappentext

  Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms-making it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates.

  Zusammenfassung
  Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various formsmaking it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates.

  Inhalt

  Preface
  Acknowledgments
  About the Author
  Part 1: Foundational Theories
  Chapter 1: Prejudice and Discrimination (Gordon Allport and Robert Merton)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Additional Contribution: Merton's Typology
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Prejudice
  Diagram of Merton's Typology
  Chapter 2: White Privilege (Robert Amico, Peggy McIntosh, Paula Rothenberg, and Tim Wise)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of White Privilege
  Chapter 3: White Supremacy (Charles Mills, Andrea Smith, and hephzibah strmic-pawl)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Additional Contributions to White Supremacy Theory: Smith and strmic-pawl
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Mill's Theory of the Racial Contract
  Diagram of Smith's Theory of the 3 Pillars of White Supremacy
  Diagram of strmic-pawl's The White Supremacy Flower
  Part 2: Micro Level Theories
  Chapter 4: Implicit Bias (Anthony Greenwald, Mahzarin Banaji, and Brian Nosek)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Implicit Bias
  Chapter 5: Microaggressions (Derald Wing Sue)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Microaggressions
  Part 3: Macro Level Theories
  Chapter 6: Racial Formation (Michael Omi and Howard Winant)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Racial Formation
  Chapter 7: Systemic Racism (Joe Feagin)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Systemic Racism
  Chapter 8: Critical Race Theory (Derrick Bell)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Critical Race Theory
  Part 4: From "Old Racism" to "New Racism"
  Chapter 9: Laissez-Faire Racism (Lawrence Bobo, James Kluegel, and Ryan Smith)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Laissez-Faire Racism
  Chapter 10: Structure and Culture (William Julius Wilson)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Structure and Culture
  Chapter 11: Color-Blind Racism (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Color-Blind Racism
  Part 5: More Than Race
  Chapter 12: Colorism (Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Ronald Hall, Margaret Hunter, and Kimberly Norwood)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Colorism
  Chapter 13: Intersectionality (Kimberlé Crenshaw)
  Why This Theory
  Description of the Theory
  How to Challenge Racism
  By the Numbers
  Evaluation
  Conclusion
  Reflect and Discuss
  Diagram of Intersectionality
  References
  Index