Confronting racism the problem and the response Jennifer L. Eberhardt & Susan T. Fiske, editors. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1998. - xiii, 352 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.

On the nature of contemporary prejudice : the causes, consequences, and challenges of aversive racism / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner -- Racism equals power plus prejudice : a social psychological equation for racial oppression / Don Operario, Susan T. Fiske -- Social psychological processes and the legal bases of racial categorization / R. Richard Banks, Jennifer L. Eberhardt -- Racism and politics in the United States / David O. Sears -- International perspectives on prejudice and racism / James S. Jackson, Kendrick T. Brown, Daria C. Kirby -- Hierarchical group relations, institutional terror, and the dynamics of the criminal justice system / Jim Sidanius, Shana Levin, Felicia Pratto -- Racism and self-esteem / Jennifer Crocker, Diane Quinn -- To identify or not to identify : preserving, ignoring, and sometimes destroying racial (social) identity / Audrey J. Murrell -- A threat in the air : how stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance / Claude M. Steele -- The rocky road to positive intergroup relations / Patricia G. Devine, Kristin A. Vasquez -- Prejudice and discrimination on the college campus / Thomas F. Pettigrew --The essential power of racism : commentary and conclusion? / James M. Jones.

0761903674 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0761903682 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Racism--United States.


United States--Race relations.

E185.615 / .C658 1998