Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The contributors to this volume identify the cognitive and motivational influences on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup processes that lead to racism.
Confronting Racism establishes a unique link between public discourse on race and social scientific analysis. Covering theory, implications for policy and applications to education, employment, crime, politics, and health; the book provides a collective account of the variety of racial outcomes and dynamics that result from the complex and multifaceted nature of racism and race relations.
Table of Contents
On the nature of contemporary prejudice : the causes, consequences, and challenges of aversive racism / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner -- Racism equals power plus prejudice : a social psychological equation for racial oppression / Don Operario, Susan T. Fiske -- Social psychological processes and the legal bases of racial categorization / R. Richard Banks, Jennifer L. Eberhardt -- Racism and politics in the United States / David O. Sears -- International perspectives on prejudice and racism / James S. Jackson, Kendrick T. Brown, Daria C. Kirby -- Hierarchical group relations, institutional terror, and the dynamics of the criminal justice system / Jim Sidanius, Shana Levin, Felicia Pratto -- Racism and self-esteem / Jennifer Crocker, Diane Quinn -- To identify or not to identify : preserving, ignoring, and sometimes destroying racial (social) identity / Audrey J. Murrell -- A threat in the air : how stereotyes shape intellectual identity and performance / Claude M. Steele -- The rocky road to positive intergroup relations / Patricia G. Devine, Kristin A. Vasquez -- Prejudice and discrimination on the college campus / Thomas F. Pettigrew -- The essential power of racism : commentary and conclusion? / James M. Jones.