Race and Racisms is officially in production. It will be out in August 2014 - in time for Fall semester or quarter teaching! Here is the Table of Contents:
Table of
Contents
Preface
PART I: The History of the Idea of Race
1: The Origin of the Idea of Race
Defining
Race and Racism
Race:
The Evolution of an Ideology
Historical
Precedents to the Idea of Race
Slavery
before the Idea of Race
Encounters
with Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Voices: The Conquest of America
The
Enslavement of Africans
The
Need for Labor in the Thirteen Colonies
The
Legal Codification of Racial Differences
Voices: Bullwhip Days
The
Rise of Science and the Question of Human Difference
European
Taxonomies
Scientific
Racism in the Nineteenth Century
The
Indian Removal Act: The Continuation of Manifest Destiny
Freedom
and Slavery in the United States
Global View: The Idea of Race in
Latin America
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
2: Race and Citizenship from the 1840s to
the 1920s
The Continuation of Scientific Racism
Measuring Race: From Taxonomy to
Measurement
Intelligence Testing
Voices:
Carrie Buck
Eugenics
Exclusionary
Immigration Policies
The
Chinese Exclusion Act
The
Johnson-Reed Act of 1924
Birthright
Citizenship for Whites Only
Naturalization
for “Free White People”
Voices: Takao Ozawa v. U S
How
the Irish, Italians, and Jews Became White
The
Irish
The
Italians
The
Jews
Native
Americans and African Americans: The Long, Troubled Road to Citizenship
African
Americans and the Long Road to Freedom
Native Americans:
Appropriating Lands, Assimilating Tribes
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
PART II: Racial Ideologies
3: Racial Ideologies from the 1920s to the
Present
Voices:
Trayvon Martin
The
1920s to 1965: Egregious Acts in the Era of Overt Racism
Internment
of Japanese Americans
Voices:
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu
Mass
Deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans
Tuskegee
Syphilis Experiment
The
Civil Rights Movement and the Commitment to Change
Rosa
Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-Ins
Freedom
Rides
Old
versus New Racism: The Evolution of an Ideology
Biological Racism
Cultural Racism
Global
View: Cultural Racism in Peru
Color-Blind Universalism
The
Maintenance of Racial Hierarchy: Color-Blind Racism
The
New Politics of Race: Racism in the Age of Obama
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
4: The Spread of Ideology: “Controlling
Images” and Racism in the Media
How
Are People of Color Portrayed on Television and in Film?
Portrayals
of Blacks
Portrayals
of Latino/as
Research Box: The Hot-Latina
Stereotype
Portrayals
of Arabs and Arab Americans
Portrayals
of Asians and Asian Americans
Portrayals
of Native Americans
Racial
Stereotypes in Films
New
Media Representations
Voices: I Am Not Trayvon Martin
Video
Games
Social
Media
How
Do Media Images Work to Justify Racial Inequality?
How
are Images Raced, Classed, and Gendered?
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
5: Skin-Tone Stratification and Colorism
Research Focus: Latino Immigrants and the U.S. Racial Order
The
History of Colorism
The Origins of Colorism in the Americas
Does Colorism Predate Colonialism? The
Origins of Colorism in Asia and Africa
The
Global Color Hierarchy
Asia and Asian Americans
Voices:
The Fair-Skin Battle
Latin America and Latinos/as
Africa and the African Diaspora
Voices: Colorism and Creole Identity
Skin
Color, Gender, and Beauty
Voices: This is Carlene, 35 Years
Old, from Jamaica
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
6: White Privilege and the Changing U.S.
Racial Hierarchy
White Privilege
Research Focus: White Privilege:
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Whiteness, Class, Gender,
and Sexuality
Whiteness and Racial
Categories in 21st-Century America
Latino/as and the
Multiracial Hierarchy
The Other Whites: Arab Americans, North
Africans, Middle Easterners, and Their Place in the U.S. Racial Hierarchy
Multiracial
Identification and the U.S. Racial Hierarchy
Voices: Brandon Stanford: “My
complexion is not black but I am black”
Will the United States Continue to Be a
White-Majority Society?
Global
View: Social, Cultural, and Intergenerational Whitening in Latin America
Changes in Racial and
Ethnic Classifications
Revisiting the Definition
of Race and Ethnicity
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
PART III: Policy and Institutions
7: Understanding Racial
Inequality Today: Sociological Theories of Racism
Racial Discrimination, Prejudice, and
Institutional Racism
Individual
racism
Voices: Microaggressions
Global View: Microaggressions in Peru
Institutional
racism
Systemic and Structural Racism
Systemic
racism
Research Focus: Systemic Racism and Hurricane
Katrina
Structural
racism
Racial Formation: Its Contributions and Its
Critics
Research Focus:
Applying Settler Colonialism Theory
White
Supremacy and Settler Colonialism
Intersectional
Theories of Race and Racism
Conclusion
and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
8: Educational Inequality
The History of Educational Inequality
Indian
Schools
Segregation
and Landmark Court Cases
The
Persistence of Racial Segregation in the Educational System
Educational Inequality Today
Research Focus: American Indian/Alaska Native
College Student Retention
Global View: Affirmative Action in Brazil
The Achievement Gap: Sociological
Explanations
Parental
Socioeconomic Status
Cultural
Explanations: “Acting White” and Other Theories
Tracking
Voices: Moesha
Social
and Cultural Capital and Schooling
Hidden
Curriculum
Research Focus: Rosa Parks Elementary and the
Hidden Curriculum
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
9: Income
and Labor Market Inequality
Income Inequality by Race,
Ethnicity, and Gender
Dimensions of Racial
Disparities in the Labor Market
Disparities
among Women
Disparities
among Latinos and Asian Americans
Underemployment, Unemployment, and
Joblessness
Voices:
Jarred
Sociological Explanations
for Income and Labor Market Inequality
Voices:
Francisco Pinto’s Experiences in 3-D Jobs
Individual-Level Explanations
Global
View: Racial Discrimination in Australia
Research
Focus: Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market
Structural
Explanations
Affirmative Action
Entrepreneurship and
Self-Employment
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
10:
Inequality in Housing and Wealth
Land Ownership after
Slavery
Residential Segregation
The Creation of Residential Segregation
Research Focus: The Role of Real Estate in Creating Segregated Cities
Discriminatory and Predatory Lending
Practices
Voices: A Tale of Two Families
Neighborhood Segregation Today
Wealth Inequality
Inequality in Home Ownership and Home
Values
Wealth Inequality Beyond Home Ownership
Explaining the Wealth Gap
in the Twenty-First Century
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
11: Racism and the Criminal Justice
System
Mass Incarceration in the
United States
The
Rise of Mass Incarceration
Mass Incarceration in a Global Context
Race and Mass Incarceration
Voices:
Kemba Smith
The Inefficacy of Mass Incarceration
Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs
Race, Class, Gender, and Mass
Incarceration
Institutional Racism in the
Criminal Justice System
Racial
Profiling
Sentencing Disparities
Voices:
Troy Davis
The Economics of Mass
Incarceration
Private
Prisons
The Prison Industrial Complex
Beyond Incarceration:
Collateral Consequences
The Impact of Mass Incarceration on
Families and Children
The Lifelong Stigma of a Felony: “The New
Jim Crow”
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
12: Health Inequality and Environmental
Justice
The History of Health
Disparities in the United States
Involuntary
Experimentation
Free Blacks as Mentally and Physically
Unfit
Explaining Health
Disparities by Race and Ethnicity Today
Socioeconomic Status and Health
Segregation and Health
Research
Focus: Health and Social Inequity in Alameda County, CA
The Effects of Individual Racism on the
Health of African Americans
Life-Course Perspectives on African
American Health
Global
View: Structural Violence in Guatemala
Culture and Health
Voices: Race, Poverty, and Postpartum
Depression
Genetics, Race, and Health
Environmental Racism
Voices:
The Holt Family of Dickson, Tennessee
Movements for Environmental
Justice
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
13: Racism, Nativism, and Immigration
Policy
Voices: Robert Bautista—Denied Due Process
The Racialized History of
U.S. Immigration Policy
Race and the
Making of U.S. Immigration Policies: 1790 to 1924
Global View: Whitening and Immigration Policy in Brazil
Nativism between 1924 and
1964: Mass Deportation of Mexicans and The McCarran Internal Security Act
Operation
Wetback
McCarran
Internal Security Act
The 1965 Immigration and
Nationality Act and the Changing Face of Immigration
Asian Immigration
Latin American
and Caribbean Immigration
Illegal Immigration and
Policy Response
The
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) and Nativism
Proposition 187 and the Lead-Up to the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)
The 1996 Laws and the Detention and
Deportation of Black and Latino Immigrants
Voices: Story of a Guatemalan Deportee
Nativism in the
Twenty-First Century
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
PART IV: Contesting and Comparing Racial
Injustices
14: Racial Justice in the United States
Today
Perspectives on Racial
Justice
Recognition,
Responsibility, Reconstruction, and Reparations
Civil
Rights
Human
Rights
Moving Beyond Race
Intersectional Analyses: Race, Class,
Gender
Racism and Capitalism
Struggles for Racial
Justice
Foreclosures
and Racial Justice
Voices:
Fighting Against Foreclosures: A Racial Justice Story
DREAMers and the Fight for Justice
Racial Justice and Empathy
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
15: Thinking Globally: Race and Racisms
in France, South Africa, and Brazil
How Do Other Countries
Differ from the United States in Racial Dynamics?
Race and Racism in France
French Colonies in Africa
The French Antilles
African
Immigration to France
Discrimination and Racial and Ethnic
Inequality in France Today
Voices: The
Fall 2005 Uprisings in the French Banlieues
Race and Racism in South
Africa
Colonialism in South Africa: The British
and the Dutch
The Apartheid Era (1948–1994)
The Persistence of Inequality in the
Post-Apartheid Era
Research Focus:
The Politics of White Youth Identity in South Africa
Race and Racism in Brazil
Portuguese Colonization and the Slave
Trade in Brazil
Whitening through Immigration and
Intermarriage
Research Focus: Racial Ideology and Black-White
Interracial Marriages in Rio de Janeiro
Racial Categories in Brazil Today
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter Summary · Key Terms · Review
Questions · Critical
Thinking · Suggestions
for Further Reading
Glossary
References
Index
