Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the "Post-Racial" Era

Foreword by Eddie Glaude Contributions by Maria Krysan, Howard Winant, John Powell, Andrew Grant Thomas, Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg, Reynolds Farley University of Michigan, Lucie Kalousova, Robert A. Sedler Edited by Curtis L. Ivery, Joshua Bassett

Publication date:

04 September 2015

Length of book:

196 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

236x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475815184

The book is divided into two major sections: (1) “Reclaiming Integration”; (2) “Reclaiming the Language of Race.” Both sections are located in the context of the “post-racial” era and analyzed by nationally renowned scholars in various dimensions. The purpose of this organization is to link structural efforts to encourage voluntary integration with discursive efforts to broaden our social understanding of race in ways that advance the project of American democracy.

It is our firm belief that we cannot achieve meaningful advances against enduring racial inequalities without linking structural impacts of racialization (e.g., racial inequalities in economics, education, healthcare, etc.) to the social discourse of race, specifically in terms of the rejection of post-racial politics that are based on the false idea that racism and discrimination are no longer obstacles to opportunity in the United States.

Foreword—Eddie Glaude, Jr.
Preface —Curtis L. Ivery
Acknowledgements

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction and Theoretical Overview
Curtis L. Ivery and Joshua A. Bassett

CHAPTER TWO: Are We Colorblind? A View from the Neighborhood
Maria Krysan, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs

CHAPTER THREE: A Different Story: Race, Politics, and Radical Change
Eddie Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod, Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Department of Religion, and Chair, Center for African American Studies at Princeton University

CHAPTER FOUR: The 1 Percent Needs Race to Rule
Howard Winant, Professor of Sociology; Founder and Director of the University of California Center for New Racial Studies (UCCNRS) at University of California, Santa Barbara

CHAPTER FIVE: America’s Struggle with Integration: The Continued Struggle for its Soul
John Powell, Professor of Law; Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies; Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion; Director, Haas Diversity Research Center (HDRC)

CHAPTER SIX: Moving Beyond Race Fatigue: Challenging Hidden Bias, Getting Serious
About Our Racial Future
Andrew Grant Thomas, Director of Programs, Proteus Fund

CHAPTER SEVEN:A Personal Reflection: The Battle for Diversity on Campus: The Supreme Court, Civil Rights Research and Affirmative Action in the 21st Century
Gary Orfield, Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning; Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los Angeles

CHAPTER EIGHT: School integration in the post-“Parents Involved” Era
Erica Frankenberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies in the College of Education at the Pennsylvania State University

CHAPTER NINE: The Future of Detroit: How the City Got to Where It Is Now and What is Next
Reynolds Farley, Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology, Emeritus; Research Scientist, Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan

CHAPTER TEN: Racial Disparities in Economic Well-Being in the Detroit Metropolitan Area after the Great Recession
Lucie Kalousova, doctoral candidate in Sociology and Health Policy and a trainee in population studies at the University of Michigan; and Sheldon Danziger, President,
The Russell Sage Foundation; Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University
Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Integration and Equal Educational Opportunity in the “Post-Racial” Era
Robert A. Sedler, Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Integration Resources

Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the Post-Racial Era assembles an influential body of scholars to raise our national conscience and call us to take action against the enduring injustice of racial segregation and its inherent effects of inequality. 60 years after Brown v. Board, our mission to achieve integration remains as relevant and fundamental to our democracy as at any time in our history.