Description |
xiii, 381 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Sage series on race and ethnic relations ; v. 8 |
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Sage series on race and ethnic relations ; v. 8
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Contents |
Series Editor's Introduction / John H. Stanfield II -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Perspective: White Solidarity? -- 3. The Emergence of the Past -- 4. The Construction of the Present: Official, Media, and Religious Versions -- 5. Public Discourse and the Reconstruction of South Africa I: Right-Wing Perspectives -- 6. Public Discourse and the Reconstruction of South Africa II: Government, Corporate, and Academic Perspectives -- 7. The World of Whites: Structure and Experience -- 8. Whites in the Countryside -- 9. Whites in Town I: Conservative Perspectives -- 10. Whites in Town II: Moderate Perspectives -- 11. Race and Discourse -- 12. Whites in American Race Relations: A Comparison |
Summary |
Students, scholars, and anyone interested in race relations, sociology, anthropology, political science or African studies will surely appreciate the illuminating information found in What Racists Believe |
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Can our knowledge of South Africa racism help us understand racism in the United States? Even though South Africa is dismantling its legally structured system of inequality, the structures of consciousness that gave rise to, and nurtured the system of, white privilege and predominance are tenacious and enduring. In What Racists Believe the author examines a wide spectrum of evidence, showing how the in-group consciousness of whites is reproduced and revealing the processes under which it is maintained. He explains how and why people believe in racial inequality and how they transmit such beliefs to others. The ideology of white solidarity, its perpetuation, and its breakdown is also analyzed. In the author's analysis, he separates different strands of racism: rural from urban, and moderate from militant. A final chapter compares the racial attitudes of South Africa to those in the United States |
Analysis |
Racism |
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South Africa |
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United States |
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Racism |
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South Africa |
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United States |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-368) and index |
Subject |
Racism -- South Africa.
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Racism -- United States.
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Whites -- South Africa.
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Whites -- United States.
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SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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LC no. |
94036220 |
ISBN |
0803957858 |
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0803957866 |
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