Racism in America : a reference handbook / Steven L. Foy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luper, Steven, author.

Series:

Contemporary world issues.

Contemporary world issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 346 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa, Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, [2020]

Summary:

"This book explains how race, once a differentiating factor, became a major basis for stratification in America that pervaded scientific thought, religious doctrine, governmental policy, and the patterned actions of decision-makers in all sectors of social life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pt. 1: Background and history

The origins of American racism

Institutional venues of racism

Pt. 2: Problems, controversies, and solutions

Acknowledging the past and recognizing the presence of racism in America

Land, labor, and the maintenance of the status quo revisited

Institutional venues of racism revisited

Working toward solutions

Pt. 3: Perspectives

The perils of racial progress narratives / Victor Ray

Racism and the media landscape in the United States / Sahar D. Sattarzadeh and Matthew W. Hughey

Law enforcement and immigration enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley / Efrén C. Olivares

Reclaiming the city: racial gentrification as urban policy / Louise Seamster

The normalcy of legitimized racism against indigenous peoples / Dwanna L. McKay

Beyond DACA: why the immigration battle must be fought for the 11 million / Catalina Adorno Castillo

White dog, yellow mother / Alison Ho

The cost of silence / A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

Pt. 4: Profiles

American Civil Liberties Union

Black Lives Matter

Black Panther Party for Self-Defense

Ku Klux Klan

Nation of Islam

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The Sentencing Project

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

United Farm Workers' Movement

Pt. 5: Data and documents

Pt. 6: Resources

The arts

Consumer goods and the reification of whiteness

Criminal justice

Cyber racism

Education

Employment, health, welfare, and socioeconomic status

Housing and transportation

Immigration

Intersectionality

Military

Political participation

Racial attitudes

Racial construction and categorization

Racial progress

Religion

Reparations

Science and pseudoscience

Social psychology

Sports

Theory

White supremacy

Pt. 7: Chronology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216004301

9798216135326

9781440856419

1440856419

OCLC:

1145424606