Race Relations in America

Nikki Khanna, PhD, is professor of sociology at the University of Vermont, USA, where she regularly teaches courses on race and inequality in America. Noriko Matsumoto, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Vermont, USA. Her research focuses on international migration, race and ethnicity, and the sociology of culture. She received her doctorate and M.Phil in Sociology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.

A balanced and thorough look at the United States' most important contemporary race issues, with timely content and excellent supporting documentation.

• How to Use This BookPreface1. Race: Definitions and RealitiesQ1. Is Race Biological?Q2. Is Race a Social Concept?Q3. Are Black People Naturally Better Athletes Than Other Racial Groups?Q4. Are Racial Disparities in Health Evidence That Race Is Biological?2. Power and PrivilegeQ5. Does White Privilege Really Exist?Q6. Does Asian American Privilege Exist?Q7. Among People of Color, Are Those with Light Skin Advantaged over Those with Dark Skin?Q8. Is It True That Whites Will Soon Become a Racial Minority in the United States?Q9. Is Cultural Appropriation of Minority Cultures by White Americans Equivalent to American Minorities Adopting White Culture?Q10. Why Do Many Americans Find Blackface Offensive?3. Systemic Racism in American LifeQ11. Is Housing Segregation a Relic of the Past?Q12. Can Residential Segregation Simply Be Attributed to People Wanting to Live with Those Like Themselves?Q13. Did Brown v. Board of Education (1954) End Racial Segregation in Education?Q14. Is Education the Key to Racial Equality in America?Q15. Do All Races Have Equal Opportunity in the American Workplace Today?Q16. Does Racial Bias Negatively Affect the Health of Americans of Color?Q17. Does Racial Inequality Exist in Banking and Lending?4. Crime and Criminal JusticeQ18. Are the Majority of Inmates in American Prisons African American?Q19. Is the American Criminal Justice System Racially Biased?Q20. Are African Americans More Likely Than White Americans to Be Killed by Police?Q21. Is It True That There Are More Black Men in Prison Than in College?Q22. Do African Americans Suffer from "Black-on-Black" Crime?Q23. Is the American Media Racially Biased in Its Coverage of Crime?5. Social PolicyQ24. Has the United States Always Been Open and Welcoming to Immigrants?Q25. Does Affirmative Action Systematically Disadvantage Whites in Employment and Education?Q26. Are Most Welfare Recipients in America Black?Q27. Do American Indians and Alaska Natives Get College, Health Care, and Housing for Free?6. ImmigrationQ28. Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crime Than Native-Born Americans?Q29. Are Most Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico?Q30. Are Immigrants Today Assimilating into American Society as Did Earlier Waves?Q31. Do Undocumented Immigrants Drain America's Welfare System?Q32. Do Immigrants Take Jobs Away from or Lower the Wages of Native-Born Americans?7. A Post-Racial America?Q33. Can a Person Hold Racial Biases without Even Knowing It?Q34. Did the Election of Barack Obama in 2008 Mark the Beginning of a New "Post-Racial" America?Index