The Complexities of Race : : Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America / / ed. by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Ahmed, Amer F.,; Blockett, Reginald A.,; Collins, Robert Keith,; Cross Jr., William E.,; Foste, Zak,; Johnston-Guerrero, Marc P.,; Kim, JaeRan,; López, Nancy,; Pope, Raechele L.,; Rashad, Kameelah Mu’Min,; Renn, Kristen A.,; Reynolds, Amy L.,; Robinson, Chazz,; Stewart, D-L,; Wijeyesinghe, Charmaine L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Wijeyesinghe, Charmaine L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood todayThe Complexities of Race illustrates how several recent dynamics compel us to reconsider race, racial identity, and racial inequality. It argues that race and racism provide key but complex lenses through which critical events and issues of any moment can be more fully understood. The emergence of intersectionality, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, changing ethnic and racial demographics in the United States, and other forces challenge prevailing values and narratives related to race.The volume provides new and detailed snapshots of the diverse and complicated ways that race, racism, racial identity, and racial justice are represented, experienced, and addressed in America, offering new ways of understanding the complex dynamics of power and systems of oppression. Each chapter uses a current, real-world example to demonstrate how race works in tandem with other locations of identity, with the aim of showing that a single social identity is rarely at play in issues of social inequality. The contributors include scholars who have studied race, identity, racism, and social justice for decades, as well as emerging researchers and practitioners at the forefront of examining evolving topics related to race, culture, and experiences of naming and belonging. This exploration of pressing, current, and emerging issues offers the depth, information, and clarity needed to understand many of the questions left unanswered and issues avoided in current discussions of race, identity, and racism, whether those discussions occur in the classroom, in the boardroom, at the dining room table, or in the streets of America. The Complexities of Race provides readers with inspiration, information, and paths for moving the understanding of race, identity, and social justice forward.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Day George Floyd Died: -- 2. Who Gets to Choose? -- 3. Naming the Problem: -- 4. Queer and Trans* People of Color Worldmaking as Subject Formation and Identity Development -- 5. Race and Power in Transracial and Transnational Adoption: -- 6. How Did Black Folks Become Indians? -- 7. Racializing Faith: -- 8. The Dangers of Being Too Certain: -- 9. Islam and Hip Hop in Black America: -- 10. Understanding and Responding to Resistance When Intersectionality Is Utilized to Address Race, Racism, and Racial Justice Work -- 11. Embracing the Complexities of Race, Racism, and Social Justice in Changing Times -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index