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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Waller, James, 1961- Face to face. New York : Insight Books, c1998 (OCoLC)606974407 Online version: Waller, James, 1961- Face to face. New York : Insight Books, c1998 (OCoLC)609137221 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Waller |
| ISBN: | 0306458659 9780306458651 |
| OCLC Number: | 38438729 |
| Description: | xxii, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / David G. Myers, Ph.D. -- Introduction: Waking Up to America's Dirty Little Secret -- The Three Myths -- Myth That Life Is Good for Racial Minorities -- Myth That Racism Is Declining -- Myth That America Can Be a Color-Blind Society -- The Foundations of "Isms": Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination -- The Foundations of Racism -- Stereotypes -- Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Relationship of Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination -- Is There a Relationship between Stereotypes and Prejudice? -- Is There a Relationship between Stereotypes and Discrimination? -- Is There a Relationship between Prejudice and Discrimination? -- Racism 101 -- What Is Race? -- Definition of Racism -- Power and Racism -- What's in a Name? -- The Myth: Life Is Good for Racial Minorities -- True Confessions -- Life Is Good for Racial Minorities in America -- Measures of Racist Stereotypes and Attitudes -- Media Depictions of Minorities -- Quality-of-Life Indicators for Minorities -- Status of Race Relations -- The Reality: Life Isn't Good for Racial Minorities -- Measures of Racist Stereotypes and Attitudes -- Media Depictions of Minorities -- Print Advertisements -- Television Advertisements -- Television Programming -- News Reporting -- Quality-of-Life Indicators for Minorities -- Economic Indicators -- Educational Attainment -- General Social Well-Being -- Status of Race Relations -- Mistrust -- White Indifference -- The Future -- Neighborhoods -- Schools -- Hate Crimes and Groups -- The Changing Face of Racism in America. |
| Responsibility: | James Waller. |
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Abstract:
Studies the different aspects of race and racism in America in the late twentieth century and explains how Americans' views towards race have changed over the years.
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