Vickerman The Problem of Post-Racialism

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-32268-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 189 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series

This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vickerman, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Problem of Post-Racialism 2. Framing Post-Racialism 3. Post-Racialisms 4. Materializing Post-Racialism 5. The Ambivalent Black Middle Class 6. Possible Racial Futures

Über Autor(innen)

Milton Vickerman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, USA. His main areas of research are immigration, race, and social inequality.