The Problem of Post-Racialism [electronic resource] /
Vickerman, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political sociology.
Europe-Politics and government.
Ethnicity.
Social policy.
Political Sociology.
European Politics.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Policy.
Sociology, general.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.