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I love Racism without Racists. I use it in my
undergraduate stratification course, and students are split on
how they receive the book. Half love it, the other half hate it.
Either way, it makes them think about race and racism. Whether
the material in the book confirms their general viewpoint, or
they spend time and effort trying to refute the book, the
students are engaged with the material. I couldn’t ask for more.
(Mitchell Peck, University of Oklahoma)
Students love this book—it is often life-changing for them. Both
students of color and white students see themselves in this book,
with each gaining more meaningful understanding of racial context
in our times and what they can do for racial justice. (Karen S.
Glover, California State University, San Marcos)
Racism without Racists is the most important book I have used to
teach on racism and what it looks and sounds like today. It has
consistently proven to be the most significant reading I assign.
Students often say it has changed their lives and that they use
it in conversations beyond the classroom and see it in the
everyday interactions they have and witness on various forms of
media. (Viviane Saleh-Hanna, University of Massachusetts,
Dartmouth)
Every white American should have the privilege to have that
eureka moment: "Ah! Now I understand what being white means, in
the most profound sense." The entire world looks different from
then on. Racism without Racists leads white Americans to that
very moment of discovery. (Judith Blau, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Having already established itself as a classic text on race and
racism, this fifth edition refines and extends Bonilla-Silva’s
understanding of color-blind racial ideology, structural
inequality, and racial hierarchy to the pressing issues we
currently confront. His engaging and provocative writing style
makes the text accessible without ever diminishing the depth and
richness of his analysis. (Michael Omi, University of California,
Berkeley)
From the Black Lives Matter movement to the unexpected election
of Donald Trump, recent events have made undeniably clear the
continuing significance of race and racism in the United States.
Updated with new material, this fifth edition of Eduardo
Bonilla-Silva's now-classic Racism without Racists is thus more
than ever essential reading for understanding the racial
realities of a country in denial about its past and present.
the (Charles W. Mills, CUNY Graduate Center)
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva rocked the sociological landscape with his
book Racism without Racists, providing in about U.S. race
matters in contemporary times. In this new edition, Bonilla-Silva
once again confronts naysayers who continue to argue that racism
is a thing of the past, or who “trumpet” that what we are
witnessing is a “return of the racists.” With updated and timely
new material, this is a book you’ll want to pick up for your
family, friends, and neighbors! (David G. Embrick, University of
Connecticut)
From its beginning, America has been dogged by debilitating
racism. After centuries, we are still perplexed by this seemingly
incomprehensible racial crisis. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s new
edition of Racism without Racists goes a long way in providing a
penetrating and illuminating analysis of racism in America.
Unlike most books, Racism without Racists offers valuable,
eye-opening solutions to help guide America out of this vexing
racial problem. Racism without Racists is a most valuable book
for Americans in all walks of life. (Aldon Morris, Northwestern
University; author of The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and
the Birth of Modern Sociology)
Colorblind racism has been the premiere concept for understanding
racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Bonilla-Silva's
brilliant analysis remains essential and even more urgent as we
continue to contest new forms of white supremacy. The new edition
of Racism without Racists is required reading for anyone
concerned about racial justice in America. (Dorothy Roberts,
University of Pennsylvania Law School; author of Killing the
Black Body, al Invention, and Shattered Bonds)
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About the Author
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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is professor of sociology at
Duke University. The recipient of the American Sociological
Association’s Cox-Johnson-Frasier award and the Lewis A. Coser
award for theoretical agenda-setting, he is author or co-editor
of several books, including White Logic, White Methods. He is
president (2017-2018) of the American Sociological Association
and the Southern Sociological Society.
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