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Silent Racism How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide

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ISBN-10: 1594518289

ISBN-13: 9781594518287

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Barbara Trepagnier

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Vivid and engaging, Silent Racismpersuasively demonstrates that silent racism'”racism by people who classify themselves as 'œnot racist''”is instrumental in the production of institutional racism. Trepagnier argues that heightened race awareness is more important in changing racial inequality than judging whether individuals are racist. The collective voices and confessions of 'œnonracist' white women heard in this book help reveal that all individuals harbor some racist thoughts and feelings. Trepagnier uses vivid focus group interviews to argue that the oppositional categories of racist/not racist are outdated. The oppositional categories should be replaced in contemporary thought with…    
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Book details

List price: $44.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Barbara Trepagnier is Professor of Sociology at Texas State University- San Marcos.

Foreword
Preface to the Original Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Rethinking Racism
Definitions of Racism
Silent Racism
Implementing the Study
Conclusion
Notes
Silent Racism
Social Psychological Race Theories
Sociological Race Theories
The Study of Silent Racism
Conclusion
Notes
Passivity in Well-Meaning White People
Passivity
One More Unintended Consequence
Conclusion
Note
The Production of Institutional Racism
Institutional Racism
The Production of Institutional Racism
Symbolic Interaction and Everyday Racism
Passivity and the Production of Institutional Racism
Conclusion
Notes
Race Awareness Matters
The Race Awareness Continuum
Why Race Awareness Matters
Conclusion
Notes
Antiracist Practice
Practice and Social Change
Antiracism: What It Is and Why It Matters
A Model Antiracism Workshop
Conclusion
Notes
Silent Racism at Work
Racial Disproportionality and Children
The Texas Model: A Case Study
Reducing Racial Disproportionality
Data-Driven Planning
Legislative Support
Cultural Competency Training
Collaborative Partnerships
Disproportionality Prevention Policies
The Texas Model
Notes
Epilogue
Doing the Right Thing
Notes
Methodological Concerns
Biographies of the Participants
Participants' Race Awareness
Antiracism Resources
References
Index
About the Author