Racism without racists : color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The strange enigma of race in contemporary America -- The new racism : the U.S. racial structure since the 1960s -- The central frames of color-blind racism -- The style of color blindness : how to talk nasty about minorities without sounding racist -- I didn't get that job because of a Black man : color-blind racism's racial stories -- Peeking inside the (white) house of color blindness : the significance of whites' segregation -- Are all whites refined Archie Bunkers? : an examination of white racial progressives -- Are Blacks color blind, too? -- E pluribus unum, or the same old perfume in a new bottle?: on the future of racial stratification in the United States -- Race matters in Obamerica: the sweet (but deadly) enchantment of color blindness in Black face -- "The (color-blind) emperor has no clothes" : exposing the whiteness of color blindness.

This provocative book explodes the belief that America is now a color-blind society. The fourth edition adds a chapter on what Bonilla-Silva calls the 'new racism, ' which provides the essential foundation to explore issue of race and ethnicity in more depth. This edition also updates Bonilla-Silva's assessment of race in America after President Barack Obama's re-election.