Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations - Softcover

Feagin, Joe R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415925320 ISBN 13: 9780415925327

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Despite the apparent advances since the civil rights era, America remains fundamentally racist, argues award-winning author Joe Feagin. Racist America is a bold, thoughtful exploration of the ubiquity of race in contemporary life. From a black New Jersey dentist stopped by police more than 100 times for driving to work in an expensive car to the labourer who must defend his promotion against charges of undeserved affirmative action, Feagin lays bare the economic, ideologic, and political structure of American racism. In doing so he develops an antiracist theory rooted not only in the latest empirical data but also in the current reality of racism in the U.S.

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Review

""This [book] explores its presence and how it's enacted, considering the economic, ideological, and political structure of American racism. The analysis offers many thoughtful points about how racism has permeated the system." --The Midwest Book Review." "[A] compelling book.." -"Booklist "Joe Feagin's important new work fills a much needed niche in antiracist theory and practice. "Racist America is a breath of fresh air in a context where much racial theory neglects contemporary social issues in favor of analyzing selected cultural dimensions of racism. In this compellingly argued, clearly written work, Feagin makes effective use of everyday examples to show how structures of racism affect our everyday lives. This book of racial theory not only demystifies systemic racism--it gives much-needed hope and clear direction for what we can do about it."--Patricia Hill Collins." ""Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, by Joe R. Feagin, is a bold, thoughtful exploration of the ubiquity of racism in contemporary life. Challenges our complacency about the trajectory of current racial relations an sketches important paths to an anti-racist future.." -Sunday Chieftain and Star, May 6, 2001 "In "Racist America Feagin tells us how Jefferson 'coerced' Sally Hemings into a sexual relationship and assures us that Jefferson's paternity of at least one of Hemings' children 'has now been confirmed by DNA testing.'." -Tribune, April 28, 2001

From the Back Cover

Racism is a pillar of American Society. It is not found only in small pockets of society, but is practised by all Americans, permeating the social fabric of our lives. Racism effects where we live, the clothes we wear, where we go to school, the people we marry, how we earn a living and raise our children. Despite the apparent advances since the civil rights era, America remains fundamentally racist, argues award-winning author Joe Feagin.
Racist America is a bold, thoughtful exploration of the ubiquity of race in contemporary life. From a black New Jersey dentist stopped by police more than 100 times for driving to work in an expensive car to the labourer who must defend his promotion against charges of undeserved affirmative action, Feagin lays bare the economic, ideologic, and political structure of American racism. In doing so he develops an antiracist theory rooted not only in the latest empirical data but also in the current reality of racism in the U.S.
Provocative and authoritative, Racist America challenges our complacency about the trajectory of current race issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415925320
• ISBN 13: 9780415925327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320