Racial Theories in Social Science

A Systemic Racism Critique

Sean Elias, Joe R. Feagin

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317240563
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Racial Theories in Social Science: A Systemic RacismCritique provides a critique of the white racial framing and lack of systemic-racism analysis prevalent in past and present mainstream race theory. As this book demonstrates, mainstream racial analysis, and social analysis more generally, remain stunted and uncritical because of this unhealthy white framing of knowledge and evasion or downplaying of institutional, structural, and systemic racism. In response to ineffective social science analyses of racial matters, this book presents a counter-approach---systemic racism theory. The foundation of this theoretical perspective lies in the critical insights and perspectives of African Americans and other people of color who have long challenged biased white-framed perspectives and practices and the racially oppressive and exclusionary institutions and social systems created by whites over several centuries.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Post-Racial America and Social Science: Reality or Myth?
• Part I Social Sciences’ Historic Misframing of “Race”
• Part II Contemporary Mainstream Social Science and Race Theory
• Part III Systemic Racism Theory: Background and Overview
• Index