Problem of Post-Racialism

Informationen zum Autor Milton Vickerman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, USA. His main areas of research are immigration, race, and social inequality. Klappentext This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. To come Zusammenfassung This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism! rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities! is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society! despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Problem of Post-Racialism 2. Framing Post-Racialism 3. Post-Racialisms 4. Materializing Post-Racialism 5. The Ambivalent Black Middle Class 6. Possible Racial Futures

Product details

• Authors: M Vickerman, M. Vickerman, Milton Vickerman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2013
• EAN: 9781137322678
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32267-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series; Palgrave Politics of Identity; Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series; Palgrave Politics of Identity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Social Inequality, Europe, European Politics, Social Policy, Political Sociology, Social & ethical issues, Politics & government, Ethnicity, Sociology, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social groups and identities, Social Structure, Central / national / federal government policies, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Europe—Politics and government, Minorities;mobility;society