The Complexities of Race: Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America

The book explores how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture, and thinking have changed how race is understood today. It argues that race and racism provide key lenses through which critical events and issues can be understood, and that intersectionality, the Black Lives Matter movement, changing ethnic and racial demographics, and other forces challenge prevailing values and narratives. The volume offers new 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.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 28 December 2021
Publisher: New York University Press

The Complexities of Race delves into the intricate and evolving landscape of race in contemporary society, shedding light on how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture, and thinking have reshaped our understanding of this critical social construct. It argues that race and racism serve as essential but complex lenses through which we can gain a deeper comprehension of critical events and issues of our time. The emergence of intersectionality, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, shifting ethnic and racial demographics in the United States, and other forces challenge prevailing values and narratives related to race.

This comprehensive volume offers a fresh and detailed perspective on the diverse and multifaceted ways that race, racism, racial identity, and racial justice are represented, experienced, and addressed in America. Through the use of current, real-world examples, each chapter demonstrates how race intersects with other aspects of identity, highlighting the fact that social inequality issues are rarely solely driven by a single social identity. Contributors, including scholars with extensive experience in the study of race, identity, racism, and social justice, as well as emerging researchers and practitioners at the forefront of exploring evolving topics related to race, culture, and experiences of naming and belonging, contribute their insights to this exploration.

By delving into pressing, current, and emerging issues, The Complexities of Race provides readers with the depth, information, and clarity required to understand many of the questions left unanswered and issues avoided in current discussions of race, identity, and racism. Whether these discussions take place.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781479801404