Impacts of Racism on White Americans

Raymond G. Hunt,Benjamin P. Bowser

Impacts of Racism on White Americans
Format
Hardback
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Country
United States
Published
13 May 1996
Pages
324
ISBN
9780803949935

Impacts of Racism on White Americans

Raymond G. Hunt,Benjamin P. Bowser

Praise for the first edition …
A welcome addition to the growing sociological literature that looks beyond the circumstances of victims for the solutions to various social problems.
–Contemporary Sociology
A clear articulation of a number of historical, spatial, and international perspectives on race relations. The new and novel focus provides fresh insights into a field that has found the development of a unified theory elusive.
–International Social Science Review Challenging the popularly held view that racism is disappearing as a social phenomenon, the second edition of Impacts of Racism on White Americans reexamines the questions proposed by its first edition and notes that one decade later little has changed. This stimulating collection of original papers focuses on the new ways in which white Americans act out racism and weighs the advantages and disadvantages that whites experience from racism. Drawing on evidence from the social and behavioral sciences, this timely revision argues that racism is essentially a problem of European Americans and that most whites do not benefit from racism in the long term. In addition, this volume holds that racism cannot be eliminated until it is viewed as a white problem that seriously compromises the quality of life. The concluding chapter of the first edition, which summarized the major insights and findings of that edition, has been reprinted and in the final chapter of this new edition, editors Benjamin P. Bowser and Raymond G. Hunt expand on recommendations and clearly illustrate how far we’ve come, and most important, how far we have to go. Sure to follow the success of its first edition, Impacts of Racism on White Americans will make a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of racism while providing students and professionals in race/ethnic studies, sociology, urban studies, and social psychology with thought-provoking, quality material.

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