Covert Racism: Theories, Institutions, and Experiences

479 Pages·2011·2.492 MB·English

by  Rodney D. Coates (ed.)

Covert Racism
Studies in Critical
Social Sciences
Series Editor
David Fasenfest
Wayne State University
Editorial Board
Chris Chase-Dunn, University of California-Riverside
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VOLUME 32
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Covert Racism
Theories, Institutions, and Experiences
Edited by
Rodney D. Coates
LEIDEN • BOSTON
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
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Covert racism : theories, institutions, and experiences / edited by Rodney D. Coates.
p. cm. -- (Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 32)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-20365-5 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Racism. I. Coates, Rodney D. II. Title.
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CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures .........................................................................ix
List of Contributors ...................................................................................xi
Covert Racism: An Introduction ............................................................1
Rodney D. Coates
PART I
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COVERT RACISM
The Impact of Racial and Nonracial Structural Forces on
Poor Urban Blacks ...............................................................................19
William Julius Wilson
The New Racism: The Racial Regime of Post-Civil Rights
America .................................................................................................41
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and David Dietrich
Race Versus Racism as Cause .................................................................69
Tukufu Zuberi
Colorblind White Dominance ................................................................85
Ian Haney López
When Good People Do Bad Things: The Nature
of Contemporary Racism ..................................................................111
John F. Dovidio and Samuel L. Gaertner
Covert Racism: Theory, Types and Examples .....................................121
Rodney D. Coates
PART II
COVERT RACISM AND INSTITUTIONS
Protecting White Power in a Corporate Hierarchy ............................143
Sharon M. Collins and Georgiann Davis
If You’re White, You’re Alright: The Reproduction
of Racial Hierarchies in Bollywood Films ......................................155
Angie Beeman and Anjana Narayan
vi contents
Race, Culture and the Pursuit of Employment: A Research
Series on Hiring Practices at Temporary Employment
Agencies ..............................................................................................175
Monique W. Morris and Sirithon Thanasombat
Challenging our Textbooks and our Teachings: Examining
the Reproduction of Racism in the Sociology
Classroom ...........................................................................................189
Sarah Chivers and Jolene D. Smyth
Challenging Racial Battle Fatigue on Historically
White Campuses: A Critical Race Examination
of Race-Related Stress ........................................................................211
William A. Smith, Tara J. Yosso and Daniel G. Solórzano
Covert Racism in the U.S. and Globally ..............................................239
Rodney D. Coates
PART III
COVERT RACISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
The Ineffable Strangeness of Race ........................................................269
Patricia J. Williams
The Social Situation of the Black Executive: Black and
White Identities in the Corporate World ........................................291
Elijah Anderson
Now You Don’t See It, Now You Don’t: White Lives as
Covert Racism ....................................................................................321
David L. Brunsma
Aren’t They All Dead? Passive Racism Against Native
Americans ...........................................................................................333
Claudia A. Fox Tree
Silent Racism ...........................................................................................353
Barbara Trepagnier
“One Step From Suicide”: The Holistic Experience of Being
Black in America ................................................................................365
Leslie H. Picca, Joe R. Feagin and Tracy L. Johns
Lifestyles of the Rich and Racist ...........................................................385
Corey Dolgon
Journey to Awareness: Learning to Recognize Invisible
Racism .................................................................................................405
Janet Morrison
contents vii
PART IV
EPILOGUE
Post-Racial Myths: Disrupting Covert Racism
and the Racial Matrix ........................................................................421
Rodney D. Coates
Bibliography ............................................................................................427
Index ........................................................................................................459

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
Tufuku Zuberi
1. Percent of Articles Published .............................................................76
Monique W. Morris and Sirithon Thanasombat
1. Response Rate by Ethnicity and Gender ........................................179
2. Response Rate by Ethnicity and Region .........................................188
Sarah Chivers and Jolene D. Smyth
1. Summary of Findings .......................................................................204
Figures
Tufuku Zuberi
1. Published Race Articles that use Regression, 1991–2000 ..............77
2. Race Articles Using Race as an Effect ...............................................77
3. Percent of Regression Articles Using Race as an Effect .................78
Rodney D. Coates, “Covert Racism: Theory, Types and Examples”
1. Typologies of Covert Racism with Examples ................................123