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Book SynopsisIn this edited volume, social scientists dissect the concept of color blind racial ideology, the widely-held belief that skin color does not affect interpersonal interactions, and that interpersonal and institutional racism therefore no longer exists in America.
Table of Contents Contributors
Introduction: Has the United States Really Moved Beyond Race?
Helen A. Neville, Miguel E. Gallardo, and Derald Wing Sue
I. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Color-Blind Racism in Obamerica
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- The Color-Blind Racial Approach: Does Race Really Matter?
James M. Jones
- A Broad and Insidious Appeal: Unpacking the Reasons for Endorsing Racial Color Blindness
Laura G. Babbitt, Negin R. Toosi, and Samuel R. Sommers
- Understanding Racial Color Blindness and Multiculturalism in Interracial Relationships: Cognitive and Emotional Tensions and Their Implications
Lindy Gullett and Tessa V. West
- An International Perspective on Color Consciousness: Brazil and the Universalization of Antiracist Counter-Publics
Jonathan Warren
- Telling on Racism: Developing a Race-Conscious Agenda
Lee Anne Bell
II. Context and Costs
- Seeing Color Blindness: Color-Blind Racial Ideology Research Methods in Social Psychology
Matthew C. Jackson, Vera Katelyn Wilde, and Phillip Atiba Goff
- The Measurement of Color-Blind Racial Ideology
Germine Awad and Karen Moran Jackson
- Using Ethnography and Interviews to Study Color-Blind Racial Ideology
Amanda E. Lewis and Margaret Ann Hagerman
III. Manifestations of Color-Blind Racial Ideology
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Color-Blind Racial Ideology and Lack of Empathy
Sharon Y. Tettegah
- Color-Blind Racial Ideology and Internalized Racism Among People of Color
Suzette L. Speight, Amber A. Hewitt, and Hether R. Cook
- Color-Blind Racial Ideology in K–12 Schools
Sheri A. Castro-Atwater
- Raising Awareness and Reducing Color-Blind Racial Ideology in Higher Education
Cyndi Kernahan
- The Impact of Color-Blind Racial Ideology on Maintaining Racial Disparities in Organizations
Caryn J. Block
- Identity Management Strategies in Workplaces With Color-Blind Diversity Policies
Margaret Shih and Maia J Young
- Racial Color Blindness and Black–White Health Care Disparities
Louis A. Penner and John F. Dovidio
- Racial Color Blindness in Counseling, Therapy, and Supervision
Alan W. Burkard, Lisa M. Edwards, and Hadiya A. Adams
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