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Subject(s)

• Race discrimination—United States [Browse]
• Racism—Philosophy [Browse]
• Racism—United States—History [Browse]
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations [Browse]
• United States—Race relations [Browse]

Editor

• Lippard, Cameron D. [Browse]

Summary note

"White resistance to racial equality is nothing new-yet its expression can change over time. Examining emerging manifestations can shed light on the larger forces that underpin racial inequalities. In this volume, leading scholars of race and whiteness assess contemporary shifts in white attitudes about racial justice and racial ideology, illustrating these dynamics with case studies at the personal, ideological, and institutional levels. Clashes such as the standoff with law enforcement at Cliven Bundy's ranch and white nationalist videos on YouTube vividly illustrate the vitality of contemporary racism. Examinations of more easily overlooked, yet also consequential arenas-art museums that enforce their boundaries as elite white spaces, conservative "right on crime" policies that mean new ways of surveillance and punishment for people of color, and settler colonialism in the work of liberal environmental advocacy groups-also give insight into the novel mechanisms and specific ideologies within institutions that reproduce racial inequality. Collectively, this empirically-rich collection helps explicate the racialized fear of change (whether grounded in reality or the imagination) that reinforces the pillars of white supremacy. Contributors also explore, with a critical eye, social movements for racial equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

ISBN

0-295-74800-1

OCLC

1150788649

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