Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Repositioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Postracial Obama Age
  • 'Good News' and 'Bad News': Repositioning Race Prophetically
  • Scholarship on Race, Racism, and Race Matters
  • Black Sociologists and the Critical Tradition
  • Volume's Format: Race Matters Past, Present, and Future
  • References
  • Part I: The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Prophetic Race Theory: Cultivating Leadership
  • Chapter 1: Race Matters in "Postracial" OBAMERICA and How to Climb Out of the Rabbit Hole
  • The "Postracial" Obamerica Moment
  • Race Matters in 'Postracial' Obamerica
  • Racial Trends in the Postracial (White) Academy
  • What Is to Be Done in the Nation as Well as in Sociological Obamerica?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Am I My Brother's and My Sister's Keeper? W.E.B. Du Bois's New Talented Tenth
  • Henry L. Morehouse's Tenth Man
  • 'The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men'
  • 'These criticisms [are] not fair to my meaning'
  • 'Doctrine of the Guiding Hundredth'
  • 'Am I my Brother's and my Sister's keeper?'
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Blackening Up Critical Whiteness: Dave Chappelle as Critical Race Theorist
  • Critical Race Theory, Whiteness, and Literature on Race
  • The Beginnings of Dave Chappelle and Chappelle's Show
  • Data and Method of Analysis
  • Illustrating Whiteness Theory: Chappelle's Show
  • Sketch 1: 'Frontline: Clayton Bigsby'
  • Sketches 2 and 3: 'Reparations 2003' and 'Racial Draft'
  • Sketch 3: 'Trading Spouses'
  • Conclusion: Contemporary Critiques of Whiteness
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II: Daily Experiences and Implications of the Postracial Obama Age
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Race, the Great Recession, and the Foreclosure Crisis: From American Dream to Nightmare
  • From Recession to Depression?
  • From American Dream to Nightmare?
  • Contours of the Mortgage Crisis: The Reality of Real Estate 101
  • National Policy Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis
  • Who Experienced Foreclosure? Groups Most Affected
  • Poverty and Income Differentials
  • Loss of Health Insurance
  • Strategies and Solutions: Combating the Mortgage Crises
  • Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: What's Next?
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Black Experiences, White Experiences: Why We Need a Theory of Systemic Racism
  • Race Theories and Concepts: The White Racial Frame
  • The White Racial Frame Detailed
  • Race and Racism on College Campuses
  • Methodology: Studying Controversial Issues
  • Black Students: Views and Experiences at HWCUs
  • White Students Views about Black Students and HBCUs
  • Conclusion: Accurately Understanding and Describing Racism
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part III: Diasporic Black Identities in International Contexts
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Contextualizing "Race" in the Dominican Republic: Discourses on Whitening, Nationalism and Anti-Haitianism
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 7: "U.S. Blacks are beautiful but Brazilian Blacks are not racist": Brazilian Return Migrants' Perceptions of U.S. and Brazilian Blacks
  • Theoretical Background
  • Race in Brazil and the United States
  • Brazilian Immigration to the United States
  • U.S. Racial Conceptions among Brazilian Immigrants
  • Data and Methods
  • Results: Brazilian Immigrant Experiences and Views
  • 'U.S. Blacks are beautiful': Comparing U.S. and Brazilian Blacks' Socioeconomic Positions
  • '. . . But Brazilian Blacks aren't racist': Comparing Brazilian and U.S. Blacks' Racial Attitudes
  • Discussion and Conclusion: The Future of Studies on Brazilian Immigrants
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Africa Speaks: The "Place" of Africa in Constructing African American Identity in Museum Exhibits.
  • Africa, African Americans, and Museums
  • Museums, Identity Construction, and the Racialization Process
  • Collective Memory and Museums
  • Studying Black-Centered Museums: Methodologies, Data, and Analysis
  • Findings: Placing Africa in Black-Centered Museums
  • Space Usage and Identity Formation
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Epilogue: Back to the Future of Race Studies: A New Millennium Du Boisian Mode of Inquiry
  • References
  • List of Contributors
  • Index.