White privilege : the myth of a post-racial society / Kalwant Bhopal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhopal, Kalwant, author.

Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people.

History.

White people--Race identity.

Social conditions.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

White people--United States--Social conditions.

White people--Race identity--United States--History.

White people--United States--Attitudes--History.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Post-racialism.

Minorities--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Privilege (Social psychology).

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy-making has increased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. This important book examines the impact of race on wider issues of inequality and difference in society.

Contents:

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

A personal note

Foreword by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Introduciton: race as disadvantage

White privilege

Not white enough

Intersectionality: gender, race and class

Race, schooling and exclusion

Higher education, race and representation

Racism and bullying in the UK

Racial inequalities in the labour market

Wealth, poverty and inequality

Conclusions: race, social justice and equality

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-196) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

144733597X

9781447335979

OCLC:

1003727026