Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the "Post-Racial" Era

Dr. Curtis L. Ivery is a nationally renowned leader in U.S. urban affairs. He is the author of numerous books on urban issues and was the first African-American appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Governor’s Cabinet in the state of Arkansas as the Commissioner for the Department of Health and Human Services. He has written extensively for newspapers and magazines and has conceived several nationally acclaimed conferences focusing on key issues of urban inequality and social justice. This is the second and completing volume to his past work, America’s Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics (Rowman&Littlefield, 2011).Joshua A. Bassett is Director of the Institute for Social Progress (ISP), a nationally affiliated urban studies and educational institute located at Wayne County Community College District in Detroit, Michigan. He served as executive director of the “Educational Summit: Detroit and the Crisis in Urban America Conference” (broadcast nationally on C-Span network). His past work includes, America’s Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics: Education, Incarceration, Segregation and the Future of U.S. Multiracial Democracy, (Rowman&Littlefield, 2011).

Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the Post-Racial Era assembles an influential body of scholars to raise our national conscience and call us to take action against the enduring injustice of racial segregation and its inherent effects of inequality. 60 years after Brown v. Board, our mission to achieve integration remains as relevant and fundamental to our democracy as at any time in our history.

• Foreword—Eddie Glaude, Jr.Preface —Curtis L. IveryAcknowledgementsCHAPTER ONE: Introduction and Theoretical OverviewCurtis L. Ivery and Joshua A. BassettCHAPTER TWO: Are We Colorblind? A View from the NeighborhoodMaria Krysan, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Institute of Government and Public AffairsCHAPTER THREE: A Different Story: Race, Politics, and Radical ChangeEddie Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod, Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Department of Religion, and Chair, Center for African American Studies at Princeton UniversityCHAPTER FOUR: The 1 Percent Needs Race to RuleHoward Winant, Professor of Sociology; Founder and Director of the University of California Center for New Racial Studies (UCCNRS) at University of California, Santa BarbaraCHAPTER FIVE: America’s Struggle with Integration: The Continued Struggle for its SoulJohn Powell, Professor of Law; Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies; Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion; Director, Haas Diversity Research Center (HDRC)CHAPTER SIX: Moving Beyond Race Fatigue: Challenging Hidden Bias, Getting SeriousAbout Our Racial FutureAndrew Grant Thomas, Director of Programs, Proteus FundCHAPTER SEVEN:A Personal Reflection: The Battle for Diversity on Campus: The Supreme Court, Civil Rights Research and Affirmative Action in the 21st Century Gary Orfield, Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning; Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los AngelesCHAPTER EIGHT: School integration in the post-“Parents Involved” EraErica Frankenberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies in the College of Education at the Pennsylvania State UniversityCHAPTER NINE: The Future of Detroit: How the City Got to Where It Is Now and What is NextReynolds Farley, Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology, Emeritus; Research Scientist, Population Studies Center at the University of MichiganCHAPTER TEN: Racial Disparities in Economic Well-Being in the Detroit Metropolitan Area after the Great RecessionLucie Kalousova, doctoral candidate in Sociology and Health Policy and a trainee in population studies at the University of Michigan; and Sheldon Danziger, President,The Russell Sage Foundation; Henry J. Meyer Distinguished UniversityProfessor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of MichiganCHAPTER ELEVEN: Integration and Equal Educational Opportunity in the “Post-Racial” EraRobert A. Sedler, Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State UniversityIntegration Resources