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Book SynopsisAsserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is "post-intentional," neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of race
Trade Review"[Perry] offers provocative essays exploring various aspects of the societal contradictions between continuing racial inequalities and public professions of equality...Perry provides probing and original analyses of racial narratives such as the 'acting white' narrative that numerous prominent Americans, white and black, have periodically emphasized." * Contemporary Sociology *
"Perry offers an insightful 'third way' analysis...the book...is a good fit for cutting-edge graduate and faculty research." -- M. Christian * Choice *
"Imani Perry has done it again. With an uncanny ability to merge art, law, social science, and cultural studies, she weaves a powerful analysis of race in contemporary America." -- Patricia Hill Collins,author of Another Kind of Public Education
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 "It Wasn't Me!" Post-Intent and Correlational Racism 2 It's All of Us The Practice of Inequality 3 Telling Tales Out of School The Work of Racial Narratives 4 The House That Jack Built Inequality via Category 5 "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me" The Racing of Privacy, Voyeurism, and Surveillance 6 Exceptionally Yours Racial Escape Hatches in the Contemporary United States 7 Black Taxes and White Wages The Social Economy of Race Conclusion Remediation, or from Proof to Possibility Notes Index About the Author
