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Book SynopsisIlluminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood todayThe Complexities of Race illustrates how several recent dynamics compel us to reconsider race, racial identity, and racial inequality. It argues that race and racism provide key but complex lenses through which critical events and issues of any moment can be more fully understood. The emergence of intersectionality, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, changing ethnic and racial demographics in the United States, and other forces challenge prevailing values and narratives related to race. The volume provides new and detailed snapshots of the diverse and complicated ways that race, racism, racial identity, and racial justice are represented, experienced, and addressed in America, offering new ways of understanding the complex dynamics of power and systems of oppression. Each chapter uses a current, real-world example to demonstrate how race works in tandem with
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A cutting-edge analysis of race and interlocking identities, The Complexities of Race is compelling, focused, and thorough.
" -- Vasti Torres, Indiana University Bloomington
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Featuring important contributions that include new perspectives on issues of identity and race, The Complexities of Race is an invaluable addition to the field.
" -- Susan Robb Jones, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University
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The Complexities of Race is a vital contribution that provides critical insights into systems of inequality and social movements that seek to enact forms of transformative justice.
" -- Andrew J. Jolivétte, University of California, San Diego
"Of particular interest to social justice practitioners and scholars are the last two chapters. Taken together, they provide a rich overview of what it means to apply critical race theory, intersectionality, and other themes around racial identity discussed in the book." * Choice *
