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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817528203321

Autore

Trepagnier Barbara

Titolo

Silent racism : how well-meaning white people perpetuate the racial divide / / Barbara Trepagnier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-28444-8

1-315-28445-6

1-61205-398-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Interviews - United States

Race awareness - United States

Racism - United States

White people - United States - Attitudes

Women, White - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Paradigm Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to the Original Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Chapter One""; ""Chapter Two""; ""Chapter Three""; ""Chapter Four""; ""Chapter Five""; ""Chapter Six""; ""Chapter Seven""; ""Chapter Eight""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Appendix C""; ""Appendix D""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

"Vivid and engaging, <i>Silent Racism</i> persuasively demonstrates that silent racism--racism by people who classify themselves as not 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 nonracist” 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 Trepagnier uses vivid focus group interviews to argue that the oppositional categories of racist/not racist are outdated.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 a continuum model that more accurately portrays today's racial reality in the United States.<br><br>A shift to a continuum model can raise the race awareness of well-meaning white people and improve race relations. Offering a fresh approach, <i>Silent Racism</i> is an essential resource for teaching and thinking about racism in the twenty-first century.<br>"--Provided by publisher.