A Global View of Race and Racismis the only text currently on the market that explores race and racism from a global perspective. With a clear and direct writing style, author Judy Root Aulette places an emphasis on sociological concepts as an organizing factor. Featuring nine short chapters focused on a broad range of nations around the world, this brief text examines central concepts and issues in racial/ethnic studies including apartheid, assimilation, colonialism, multi-ethnicity, caste, ethnonationalism, white frames, genocide, migration, and affirmative action. Each chapter discusses the ways in which racist structures and practices have been or are being challenged. Chapters also include critical thinking questions and highlighted key concepts and terms, which are summarized in a glossary at the end of the book.
Each chapter includesConcepts and Terms and Critical Thinking Questions
Chapter 1. Introduction to a Global View of Race and Racism Introductory Tools What is Race? A Question of Power What are Racism and White Privilege? Box 1.1 Examples of White Privilege Social Theory Theories about Race/Ethnicity Intersectionality Theory The Global Character of Race/Ethnicity
Chapter 2. The Myth of Biological Races and the Social Construction of Race/Ethnicities Biology of Race The History of the Search for Race by Scientists Geneticists on Race among Humans Box 2.1Census Options for Race/Ethnicity around the World Box 2.2 Medical Myths about Race and Illness The Human Genome Project The Social Construction of Race/Ethnicity What is the Difference between Race and Ethnicity? What Lies Beneath? The Economics of Capitalism
Chapter 3. Colonial Origins of the Concept of Race/Ethnicity: Slavery and Tribalism Where did the idea of Race come from? Justifying Slavery Transatlanl3,
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