Racialized Politics: The Debate about Racism in America

by Lawrence D. Bobo and James Sidanius

Book Overview

Are Americans less prejudiced now than they were thirty years ago, or has racism simply gone "underground"? Is racism something we learn as children, or is it a result of certain social groups striving to maintain their privileged positions in society?

In Racialized Politics, political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists explore the current debate surrounding the sources of racism in America. Published here for the first time,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226744078
• ISBN13: 9780226744070
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 439 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An important examination of attitude and politics.

This debate about racism in America draws from a range of disciplines to consider the debates surrounding the sources of racism in America. Essays examine psychology, sociology, and social ideology alike, examining attitudes about government, economics and race alike. The result is an important examination which draws some needed links between attitude and politics.