Understanding Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Society

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Understanding Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Society: A Reader</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> provides both contemporary and historical perspectives on race and ethnicity with a focus the development of racial and ethnic relations in the United States.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The anthology is organized into five sections. The first provides introductory perspectives that consider what race and ethnicity mean and demonstrate the racial and ethnic inequalities that exist in the U.S. The second section considers theoretical viewpoints related to race and ethnicity including readings that consider the American dream of meritocracy and how it fuels inequality the production of institutional racism and racist ideology as a social force. The third section provides readers with historical insights on various racial and ethnic groups. The fourth and final section examine contemporary issues including isolation implicit racial bias in journalism the racialization of poverty stereotypes race and the criminal justice system immigration and more.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The third edition welcomes a new editor Shikha Bista to the volume as well as five new readings: The Red Summer of 1919; Examining Implicit Bias in Journalism; Maintaining Stereotypes; Crime and Criminal Justice; and Affirmative Action. In addition the reading introductions and discussion questions have been updated.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Understanding Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Society</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is intended to supplement standard texts on race and ethnicity. It is well suited to courses that focus on contemporary racial and ethnic relations and those that explore the history of race and ethnicity.</span></p>