Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism & The Persistence of Racial Inequality in America, Paperback Book, By: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

In the third edition of his highly acclaimed book, Bonilla-Silva continues to challenge colour-blind thinking. He has now extended this challenge with a new chapter on Obama's election addressing the apparent miracle of a black man elected as the 44th President of the nation despite the fact that racial progress has stagnated since the 1980s and, in some areas, even regressed.

In contrast to those who believe the election of President Obama is a watershed moment that signifies the beginning of a post-racial era in America, he suggests this development embodies the racial trends of the last 40 years including two he has addressed in this book: the rise of colour-blind racism as the dominant racial ideology and the emergence of an apparently more flexible racial stratification system he characterizes as Latin America-like.

This edition includes a chapter examining the Obama mystery, the election of a black President even though racial progress has stagnated in the country since the 1980s. Bonilla-Silva argues that this development is not a breakthrough in race relations, but a continuation of racial trends in the last 40 years including the sedimentation of colour-blind racism as the dominant ideology in the nation.

• Books Author: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
• Number Of Pages: 318
• Language: English
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Books Category: Science & Math
• Book Format: Paperback
• Books_ISBN: 1442202181
• Other Feature 1: Edition: 3
• Other Feature 2: Size: 154 x 233 mm
• Publication Date: November 01, 2009