The Problem of Post-Racialism

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.

Auteur
Milton Vickerman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, USA. His main areas of research are immigration, race, and social inequality.

Texte du rabat

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.

Contenu

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