Living Racism

Theresa Rajack-Talley is professor of pan-African studies at the University of Louisville.Derrick R. Brooms is associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Living Racism: Through the Barrel of the Book edited by Theresa Rajack-Talley and Derrick R. Brooms responds to the challenge of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to find ‘the prescription for the cure’ to anti-black racism ‘with the accurate diagnosis of the disease.’ This book concludes that racism, despite its complexity, must be challenged by honest, heartfelt actions and words. This will require social engagement in many different arenas to eradicate and to eliminate anti-black racism.Doing nothing is not an option! Living Racism: Through the Barrel of the Book is an appropriate memorial to the work of the late Clarence R. Talley who developed the idea for the book, but was unable to see its publication.

• Introduction: This is Not the America We Know!—Theresa Rajack-Talley and Derrick R. BroomsThe “Race” Concept and Racial Structure—Clarence R. TalleyRacial Ideology, Beliefs, and Practices—Clarence R. Talley and Theresa Rajack-TalleyRacial Etiquette and Racial Stereotypes—Clarence R. Talley and Theresa Rajack-TalleyBlack Male Mentorship—Derrick R. BroomsRisky Bodies: Race and the Science of Crime and Violence—Oliver Rollins Racialized School Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline—Thomas J. MowenBlack and Blue: Analyzing and Queering Black Masculinities in Moonlight—Eric A. Jordan and Derrick R. BroomsNew Rules to the Game: Neo-Liberal Governance and Housing in Atlanta, Georgia. —Cameron Khalfani HermanBlack Farmers’ General and Gendered Strikes against the USDA—Willie Jamaal WrightConclusions –Derrick R. Brooms and Theresa Rajack-Talley