Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on over 600 incidents of racetalk among whites, blacks, Latinos, and Asians, this book examines private racism. Using a dialectical analysis, this book examines the ways that everyday people help to reproduce racism through their common interactions.
Trade ReviewThrough challenging the structures of talk and discourse in daily US life, Myers hopes that the structures of racism and domination will likewise be challenged and ultimately changed. * CHOICE *
By focusing on how people invoke race and racism in their mundane conversations, Myers demonstrates how discrimination is still an integral aspect of U.S. society. Recommended. * CHOICE *
This exciting new work focuses on individual—not institutional—forms of racism, requiring us to rethink the idea that prejudice is no longer fundamental to an understanding of racial dynamics in this country. Myers has obtained amazing data through discussions with college students, making Racetalk a significant contribution to the current literature on racism. -- Benjamin Baez, Georgia State University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Hiding in Plain Sight: Racetalk, the Language of Racism Chapter 2 Revealing Racetalk Chapter 3 Racetalk as Reproducing Racism: A Theoretical Toolbox Chapter 4 The Structure of Signification: Whiteness Chapter 5 The Structure of Signification: Blackness Chapter 6 The Structure of Signification: Brownness Chapter 7 The Structure of Domination: Surveillance and the Policing of Boundaries Chapter 8 The Structure of Legitimation: Accounting for Racetalk Chapter 9 Bridging Boundaries: Counterhegemonic Practices Chapter 10 The Accidental Antiracist: Research as a Tool for Raising Consciousness Chapter 11 Dialectics Revisited: Racetalk and the Racial Regime Chapter 12 Praxis: In Search of a Balm
