Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States, 2nd edition

Scholars may care to note that this work has gone to a sixth edition. It is available here in the Z-Library under the same title, with year of publication 2021.The first edition of this best-selling book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post-Civil Rights era, new powerful ideology of 'color-blind racism' has emerged. Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for and ultimately justify racial inequities. In the new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white / black dichotomy. He argues that the U.S. is developing a more complex and apparently 'plural' racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. And he has updated the book throughout with new information, data, and references where appropriate. The book ends with a new Postscript, 'What is to be Done (For Real?)'. As in the highly acclaimed first edition, Bonilla-Silva continues to challenge color-blind thinking. The first edition of this best-selling book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post Civil Rights era, a powerful new ideology of "color-blind racism" has emerged. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for-and ultimately justify-racial inequities.In this new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white/black dichotomy. He argues that the United States is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. The book has also been appropriately updated throughout with new information, data, and references. This edition ends with a new postscript, "What Is To Be Done For Real?." As in the highly acclaimed first edition, Bonilla-Silva continues to challenge color-blind thinking. "The first edition of this book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post Civil Rights era, a powerful new ideology of "color-blind racism" has emerged. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for and ultimately justify racial inequities." "In this new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white/black dichotomy. He argues that the United States is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. The book has also been appropriately updated throughout with new information, data, and references."--Jacket Contents 9 Acknowledgments 11 Preface for Second Edition of Racism without Racists 15 1 The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America 21 2 The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism 45 3 The Style of Color Blindness 73 4 ‘‘I Didn’t Get That Job Because of a Black Man’’ 95 5 Peeking Inside the (White) House of Color Blindness 123 6 Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? 151 7 Are Blacks Color Blind, Too? 171 8 E Pluribus Unum or the Same Old Perfume in a New Bottle? 197 9 Conclusion: ‘‘The (Color-Blind) Emperor Has No Clothes’’ 227 10 Queries: Answers to Questions from Concerned Readers 239 Postscript: What Is to Be Done (For Real) 249 Bibliography 263 Appendix: In-Depth Interview Schedule DAS 98-Form B 275 Index 287 About the Author 297 "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for--and ultimately justify--racial inequalities. The fifth edition of this provocative book makes clear that color blind racism is as insidious now as ever. It features new material on our current racial climate, including the Black Lives Matter movement; a significantly revised chapter that examines the Obama presidency, the 2016 election, and Trump's presidency; and a new chapter addressing what readers can do to confront racism--both personally and on a larger structural level"--provided by publisher. In this book, Bonilla-Silva explores with systematic interview data the nature and components of post-civil rights racial ideology. Specifically, he documents the existence of a new suave and apparently non-racial racial ideology he labels color-blind racism. He suggests this ideology, anchored on the decontextualized, ahistorical, and abstract extension of liberalism to racial matters, has become the organizational matrix whites use to explain and account for racial matters in America. Exploring with interview data, the nature and components of post-civil rights racial ideology, this book suggests that this ideology, anchored on the decontextualized, a historical, and abstract extension of liberalism to racial matters, has become the organizational matrix, which whites use to explain and account for racial matters in America. Eduardo Bonilla-silva. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 243-253) And Index.