Understanding & dismantling racism : the twenty-first century challenge to white America /
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| Author / Creator: | Barndt, Joseph R. |
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| Imprint: | Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2007. |
| Description: | xiii, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6661086 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Happiness Machine-A Fable
- The Dross of Racism
- The Happiness Machine and Current Reality
- A Book for White People
- And Also a Book for People of Color
- The Work of Crossroads Ministry and People's Institute
- Language and Terminology
- Other "Isms"-The Happiness Machine's Multiple Consequences
- Writing an Ending to the Fable of the Happiness Machine
- 1. The Continuing Evil of Racism
- The Complex and Bewildering Tangle of Racism
- Our Colonial and Racist Beginnings
- From Colony to Nationhood: The Deepening of Racism
- Resistance to Racism: The Better Side of a Bitter History
- The Civil Rights Movement: The Resistance Rewrites History
- The Continuing Evil of Racism in the Twenty-First Century
- Detecting and Measuring Twenty-First Century Racism
- The Twenty-First Century: A New Beginning
- 2. Defining Racism
- The Need for a Common Definition of Racism
- Introducing a Definition of Racism
- Exploring Prejudice
- Exploring Race
- The Misuse of Power by Systems and Institutions
- Summary
- 3. White Power and Privilege
- From "Black Like Me" to "White Like Me"
- White Power: Not the Same as White Privilege
- A Closer Look at White Power
- A Closer Look at White Privilege
- Responses to White Power and Privilege
- Conclusion: You Can't Take It Off
- 4. Individual Racism: The Making of a Racist
- Power[superscript 3]: Racism at Its Worst
- "Go Home and Free Your Own People"
- What and Who Is a Racist?
- "Racialization": The Mass Production of Racists and Victims
- Racial Identity Formation: The Shaping of Superior and Inferior Races
- The Making of a White Racist
- The Four Walls of Racism's Prison
- Summary and Conclusion: None of Us Are Free
- 5. Institutionalized Racism
- The Misuse of Power by Systems and Institutions
- Taking an X-Ray of the Happiness Machine
- The Nature and Purpose of Institutions
- Defining Institutionalized Racism
- How It Got That Way: A History of Institutionalized Racism
- How It Stayed That Way: New Forms of Institutionalized Racism
- How to "See," Identify, and Analyze Institutionalized Racism
- Conclusion: The Possibility of Authentic Institutional Transformation
- 6. Cultural Racism
- What Is Culture?
- The Creating of Race-Based Cultures
- Defining Cultural Racism
- The Race-Based Cultures of Communities of Color
- White Cultural Identity in the Twenty-First Century
- 7. Dismantling Racism
- A Time to Tear Down...and a Time to Build
- Building Antiracist Communities of Resistance
- Planning a Jailbreak: Organizing to Dismantle Racism
- Introducing a Tool to Measure Institutional Change
- The First Half of the Continuum: Where Are We Now?
- Principles of Organizing to Move Forward
- The Second Half of the Continuum: The Three Stages of Institutional Transformation
- Conclusion: Toward a Racism-Free Twenty-First Century
- Notes
- Additional Resources
- Index
