Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line

ISBN-13: 9781509531394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str.

Enobong Hannah Branch; Christina Jackson

Opis

"To be Black in America is to exist amongst myriad contradictions: racial progress and regression, abject poverty amidst profound wealth, discriminatory policing yet equal protection under the law. This book explores these contradictions to provide a sociology of Black lives in America today"--

Recenzje

?Branch and Jackson present a compelling and engaging analysis of how past and present practices have affected Black people, even while Blackness takes on multiple forms, including the diverse ways Black people have resisted racist social structures. This book will be a great teaching resource.? Margaret L. Andersen, University of Delaware ?Powerfully written, well documented, theoretically sophisticated, and covering central themes of America?s racial history. This is the book we need for our courses on race matters in the United States. We owe a debt of gratitude to the authors.? Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University

Spis treści

Spotlights on Resistance Contributors Introduction Are We 'Post-Racial' Yet? Chapter 1 How Blacks Became the Problem: American Racism and the Fight for Equality Chapter 2 Crafting the Racial Frame: Blackness and the Myth of the Monolith with Candace S. King and Emmanuel Adero Chapter 3 Whose Life Matters? Value and Disdain in American Society Chapter 4 Staying Inside the Red Line: Housing Segregation and the Rise of the Ghetto Chapter 5 Who Gets to Work? Understanding the Black Labor Market Experience Chapter 6 Is Justice Blind? Race and the Rise of Mass Incarceration with Lucius Couloute Chapter 7 Reifying the Problem: Racism and the Persistence of the Color Line in American Politics with Emmanuel Adero Epilogue About the Contributors Glossary References

O autorze

Enobong Hannah Branch is Professor of Sociology and Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at Rutgers University-New Brunswick Christina Jackson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stockton University