Offering a portrait of modern American life while arguing that race differences are still at the core of societal issues, a statistical analysis predicts that ethnic barriers will be pivotal in the shaping of twenty-first century history. Reprint.

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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.

Addresses a variety of topics related to people and programs, justice and injustice, and race and gender

Critically analyzes the artistry of Virginia Woolf's fiction in this study of six works and examines her use of interior monologue

A study of family relations among urban black Americans that explores the link between black family structure and economic resources

A noted African American intellectual uses examples from the Black community to trace racism in American politics, media, society, and culture, criticizing the hypocrisy of white liberals and whites' myths of Black males

Depicts the United States as both a racist and classist society in which blacks have been unable to find acceptance and discusses the social unrest that marks social inequality

What is more important—race or class—in determining the socioeconomic success of the blacks and whites born since the civil rights triumphs of the 1960s? When compared to whites, African Americans complete less formal schooling, work fewer hours at a lower rate of pay and are more likely to give birth to a child out of wedlock and to rely on welfare. Are these differences attributable to race per se, or are they the result of differences in socioeconomic background between the two groups?Being Black, Living in the Red demonstrates that many differences between blacks and whites stem not from race but from economic inequalities that have accumulated over the course of American history. Property ownership—as measured by net worth—reflects this legacy of economic oppression. The racial discrepancy in wealth holdings leads to advantages for whites in the form of better schools, more desirable residences, higher wages, and more opportunities to save, invest, and thereby further their economic advantages.Dalton Conley shows how factoring parental wealth into a reconceptualization of class can lead to a different future for race policy in the United States. As it currently stands, affirmative action programs primarily address racial diversity in schooling and work—areas that Conley contends generate paradoxical results with respect to racial equity. Instead he suggests an affirmative action policy that fosters minority property accumulation, thereby encouraging long-term wealth equity, or one that—while continuing to address schooling and work—is based on social class as defined by family wealth levels rather than on race.

Examines the status of racism in the United States, calling attention to the two differing schools of thought, on behalf of whites and blacks, about the existence of racism, and the problems African Americans still face in today's society.

Discusses the disaffection of affluent and college-educated African Americans, describing their encounters with prejudice and prospects for interethnic harmony