Revealing Britain's Systemic Racism

The Case of Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-67768-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism applies an existing scholarly paradigm (systemic racism and the white racial frame) to assess the implications of the Duchess of Sussex’s entry and place in the British royal family, including an analysis that bears on visual and material culture. The white racial frame, as it manifests in the UK, represents an important lens through which to map and examine contemporary racism and related inequities. By questioning the long-held, but largely anecdotal, beliefs about racial progressiveness in the UK, the authors provide an original counter-narrative about how Meghan’s experiences as a biracial member of the royal family help illumine contemporary forms of racism in Britain. Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism identifies and documents the plethora of ways systemic racism continues to shape ecological spaces in the UK. Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin challenge romanticized notions of racial inclusivity by applying Feagin’s long-established theoretical work, aiming to make a unique and significant contribution to literature in sociology and in various other disciplines.

The second edition of this book continues and updates the saga of Meghan’s experiences, underscoring the myriad ways systemic racism continues to shape spaces in the UK, detailing how most white Britons continue to cling to colorblind myths about their democratic country as the mainstream British media denies the extensive racism that people face.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feagin, Joe R.

Ducey, Kimberley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Systemic Racism: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, 2. Straight Out of the White Racial Frame, 3. Post-Racial Duchess or Trophy Wife of Diversity?, 4. White Men Ruling and the Problem with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 5. Duchess Disrupter: A Royal Feminist and Anti-Racist Counter-Framer, 6. Sincere Fictions of the White Virtuous Self: White Cultural Impunity, Denialism, and Self-Proclaimed Entitlements to Amnesty, 7. Royal Racism and the Coronavirus Pandemic, 8. Concluding Thoughts: How to Talk Negatively About Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, without Sounding Racist

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberley Ducey, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg and Adjunct Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba. Her books include George Yancy: A Critical Introduction (2023) and Racist America. Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations (2025).

Joe R. Feagin, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor in Sociology at Texas A&M University. He has written or co-written 80 scholarly books and 230-plus scholarly articles in his social science areas. His books include Systemic Racism (Routledge, 2006) and Racist America. Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations (2025). He was the 1999–2000 president of the American Sociological Association.