Recognizing Race and Ethnicity
Power, Privilege, and Inequality
- Available for pre-order on May 11, 2023. Item will ship after June 1, 2023
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Book Description
This best-selling textbook explains the current state of research in the sociology of race/ethnicity, emphasizing white privilege, the social construction of race, and the newest theoretical perspectives for understanding race and ethnicity. It is designed to engage students with an emphasis on topics that are meaningful to their lives, including sports, popular culture, interracial relationships, and biracial/multiracial identities and families.
The new fourth edition comes at a pivotal time in the politics of race and identity. Fitzgerald includes vital new discussions on white ethnicities, white supremacy, and the politics of Trump and populism. Prominent attention is given to immigration and the discourse surrounding it, police and minority populations, and the criminal justice system. Using the latest available data, the author examines the present and future of generational change. New cases studies include athletes and racial justice activism, removal of Confederate monuments, updates on Black Lives Matter, and Native American activism at Standing Rock and against the Bayou Bridge pipeline.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Thinking About Race 1 Taking Account of Race, Racism, and Privilege 2 White Privilege: The Other Side of Racism 3 Science and the Sociology of Race Part 2: A Sociological History of US Race Relations 4 Emergence of the US Racial Hierarchy 5 Race Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries 6 Race Relations in Flux: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter Part 3: Institutional Inequalities 7 Education 8 Economic Inequality and the Role of the State 9 Housing 10 Crime and Criminal Justice 11 Race in the Cultural Imagination Part 4: Contemporary Issues in Race/Ethnicity 12 Arenas of Racial Integration: Interracial Relationships, Multiracial Families, Biracial/Multiracial Identities, Sports, and the Military 13 The Future of Race Glossary References Index
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Biography
Kathleen J. Fitzgerald is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her teaching and research focuses on social inequalities, specifically race, racism, and privilege; gender and sexualities; and food justice. She is author of Beyond White Ethnicity: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Native American Identity Reclamation, coauthor of Sociology of Sexualities, second edition, and has published in The Sociological Quarterly, Humanity and Society, and Sociological Focus.
Reviews
"Fitzgerald’s wonderful book enhances the student’s understanding of race and ethnic relations using the theoretical and conceptual frameworks of sociology without sacrificing the distinct historical experiences of each major group in American society."
Michael Flota
Professor of Sociology, Daytona State College
"The fourth edition of Recognizing Race and Ethnicity by Kathleen Fitzgerald is a dynamic assessment of how race in America influences our culture, institutions, and socialization. By incorporating the people and events we have observed in many of the current events, this text is an insightful analysis about race which facilitates a more robust knowledge and awareness that is critically needed on this topic."
Silas Lee
Professor of Sociology, Xavier University of Louisiana