Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Understanding Race, Racism, and the Racial Hierarchy
Race and COVID-19
Confronting Racism
Racial Status Hierarchy
The Origins of Race
The Social Construction of Race
Racism
Toward a More Racially Just Society
A Note on Language
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Immigration, Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Race
The Assimilationist Paradigm
The Racialization of Immigrants
Toward a More Racially Just Society
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Prejudice and Stereotyping
Attitude–Behavior Connection
Manifestations of Prejudice
Stereotypes
Toward a More Racially Just Society
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Discrimination and Institutional Racism
Racial Economic Inequality
Racism in the Criminal Justice System
Toward a More Racially Just Society
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Interracial Intimacies
Interracial Relationships
Multiracial Families
Toward a More Racially Just Society
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Race in a Global Context
Race in Latin America
South Africa
Global White Supremacy: Australia and Contemporary Europe
Toward a More Racially Just Society
Conclusion
References
Index

Kathleen J. Fitzgerald, Ph D, is a teaching  professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research and teaching interests are in social stratification; specifically, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. She is the author of Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality, 3rd ed. (2020); and Beyond White Ethnicity: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Native American Identity Reclamation (2007); in addition to numerous journal articles. She has been teaching the sociology of inequalities for over 26 years. Fitzgerald earned all her degrees in sociology: her Ph D from the University of Missouri, her MA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and her bachelor’s degree from St. Louis University.