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Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies - where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice.

This concise text carries the public sociology movement into the classroom and teaches students to think sociologically, to develop a sociological eye, and to use sociological tools to become effective participants in a democratic society. Students gain hands-on training in sociology while experiencing civic engagement within their own communities. ; https://vc.bridgew.edu/fac_books/1015/thumbnail.jpg

We argue that due to the modern‐day prevalence of colorblind racism, the impact of interracial contact on whites' racial consciousness is limited. By comparing two qualitative data sets of white antiracists and whites who have a close black friend, we find there are a good number of whites for whom relationships with people of color are not the prime impetus for becoming antiracist. Whites often bracket out their black friends from their limited understandings of racism, and white antiracists often adopt progressive ideologies from other whites. Even when interracial contact is part of white antiracists' experiences, it often is but one small step in aprocess of sensitizationto an antiracist counterideology. The bearers of this antiracist ideology (the "message") may or may not be persons of color (the assumed "messengers") so we explore a variety of ways that this "message" takes hold (or not) among whites. While not discounting contact theory altogether, we make plain that colorblindness is a major factor limiting its explanatory power. We conclude by discussing the methodological and theoretical implications of our findings for sociological race relations research.

The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community brings the "public sociology" movement into the classroom, as it teaches students to use the tools of sociology to become effective participants in our democratic society. Through exercises and projects, authors Kathleen Korgen and Jonathan M. White encourage students to practice the application of these tools in order to get both hands-on training in sociology and experience with civic engagement in their communities. ; https://vc.bridgew.edu/fac_books/1014/thumbnail.jpg

Looking at race and ethnicity--and power / Sarah Becker, Ifeyinwa Davis, Crystal Paul -- Identifying racism throughout U.S. history / Stacye Blount -- Recognizing systemic racism as a global issue / Katya Salmi -- Recognizing how social institutions support racism / Kathleen Odell Korgen -- Cultural supports for systemic racism in the United States / Nikki Khanna -- American Indians and Alaska Natives : surviving genocide / Kathleen Odell Korgen -- Defining, attaining, and benefitting from whiteness / Daniel Herda -- Black Americans : facing slavery and fighting for justice / Richard Maurice Smith -- Forever foreigners? Asian American ethnic groups / SunAh M. Laybourn -- Understanding Latinxs' presence in the United States / María Isabel Ayala -- Jewish, Arab, and Muslim Americans : experiencing ethnocentrism as racism / Bradley J. Zopf -- Challenging and changing racial categories? Interracial marriage and multiracial Americans / Naliyah Kaya -- How racism hurts and antiracism helps everyone / David J. Luke -- Dismantling systemic racism / Michael L. Rosino.