| Description |
1 online resource (386 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Systemic Racism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Systemic Racism; Chapter 2 The World of Slavery: Through the Eyes of African Americans; Chapter 3 The World of Slavery: Through the Eyes of White Americans; Chapter 4 Legal Segregation: Through the Eyes of African Americans; Chapter 5 Legal Segregation: Through the Eyes of White Americans; Chapter 6 Contemporary Racial Realities: Through the Eyes of African Americans; Chapter 7 Contemporary Racial Realities: Through the Eyes of White Americans |
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Chapter 8 Reprise and Assessment: The Reality and Impact of Systemic RacismChapter 9 Epilogue: Reducing and Eliminating Systemic Racism; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
In this book, Feagin develops a theory of systemic racism to interpret the highly racialized character and development of this society. Exploring the distinctive social worlds that have been created by racial oppression over nearly four centuries and what this has meant for the people of the United States, focusing his analysis on white-on-black oppression. Drawing on the commentaries of black and white Americans in three historical eras; the slavery era, the legal segregation era, and then those of white Americans. Feagin examines how major institutions have been thoroughly pervaded |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Racism -- United States -- History
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Oppression (Psychology)
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Oppression (Psychology)
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Race relations
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Racism
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134729005 |
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1134729006 |
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