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White racism : the basics / Joe R. Feagin, Hernán Vera, Pinar Batur.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, (c)2001.Edition: second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780585448633
  • 9780203903605
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E185 .W458 2001
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Contents:
The waste of white racism -- Racism in practice: Case studies -- Ghosts of segregation: Discrimination in restaurants -- Racism and murder: The cases of Boston, Portland, and Jasper -- The racial profile of police brutality -- Racism in the halls of power: The Texaco, "Willie" Horton, and Sister Souljah cases -- Sincere fictions of the white self -- Taking action against racism: problems and prospects.
Subject: Probes the dynamics of racism in American society, examining a range of racist events and incidents across the United States, including protests over the Confederate battle flag in some southern states, the lynching death of James Byrd, Jr. in Texas, the Rodney King beating, and others.Subject: White Racism reveals the continuing reality of racism in the United States. The authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents revealing white racism to be a fundamental social practice embedded in cultural and political institutions.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface -- The waste of white racism -- Racism in practice: Case studies -- Ghosts of segregation: Discrimination in restaurants -- Racism and murder: The cases of Boston, Portland, and Jasper -- The racial profile of police brutality -- Racism in the halls of power: The Texaco, "Willie" Horton, and Sister Souljah cases -- Sincere fictions of the white self -- Taking action against racism: problems and prospects.

Probes the dynamics of racism in American society, examining a range of racist events and incidents across the United States, including protests over the Confederate battle flag in some southern states, the lynching death of James Byrd, Jr. in Texas, the Rodney King beating, and others.

White Racism reveals the continuing reality of racism in the United States. The authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents revealing white racism to be a fundamental social practice embedded in cultural and political institutions.

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