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RACE AND ETHNICITY
NEW
Race in America
How a Pseudoscientific Concept Shaped
Human Interaction
2 VOLUMES | PATRICIA REID-MERRITT, EDITOR
More than a decade and a half into the 21st century, the term “race” remains
one of the most emotionally charged words in the human language. While
race can be defined as “a local geographic or global human population
distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted
physical characteristics,” the concept of race can better be understood as
a socially defined construct—a system of human classification that carries
tremendous weight, yet is complex, confusing, contradictory, controversial,
and imprecise.
January 2017, 521pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 This collection of essays focuses on the socially explosive concept of
Print: 978-1-4408-4992-3 race and how it has shaped human interactions across civilization. The
$131.00, £101.00, €120.00 contributed work examines the social and scientific definitions of race, the
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implementation of racialized policies and practices, and the historical and
contemporary manifestations of the use of race in shaping social interactions
(primarily) in the United States—a nation where the concept of race is further
S AMPLE T OPICS
convoluted by the nation’s extensive history of miscegenation as well as
• Asian Identity
the continuous flow of immigrant groups from countries whose definitions
• Defining Race of race, ethnicity, and culture remain fluid. Readers will gain insights into
• Hispanic Identity subjects such as how we as individuals define ourselves through concepts
• Myths of a Post-Racial America of race, how race affects social privilege, “color blindness” as an obstacle
• Race and Social Desirability to social change, legal perspectives on race, racialization of the religious
• Race and Social Justice experience, and how the media perpetuates racial stereotypes.
• Race and the Legislative Process FEATURES
• Racial Profiling
• Addresses a poignant topic that is always controversial, relevant, and
• Social Constructs and Social Realities addressed in mainstream and social media
• Examines the various socio-historical factors that contribute to our
understanding of race as a concept, enabling readers to appreciate how
“definitions” of race are complex, confusing, contradictory, controversial,
and imprecise
PATRICIA REID-MERRITT, PhD,
is distinguished professor of social
work and Africana studies at Stockton
University.
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