Silent Racism

Barbara Trepagnier is Professor of Sociology at Texas State University- San Marcos where she teaches social theory and social psychology.

“Silent Racism is a groundbreaking text that explores the other side of racism—the well-meaning people who consider themselves ‘non-racist’—and challenges our thinking about how we understand and study racism in the twenty-first century. … This book provides readers with rich empirical data, a strong theoretical foundation, and applied tools for teaching and social change. A significant contribution to race theory, Silent Racism is a text that would benefit the masses—students, teachers, scholars, activists—a must-read for anyone interested in understanding race in today’s society.” —Jeffrianne Wilder, Gender & Society “Important [because] it addresses white folks who see themselves as ‘not racist.’…This is a group that has been sorely understudied…Highly significant.” —Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University "Barbara Trepagnier’s fine book on institutional racism is an important statement on this timely topic…Trepagnier’s research adds some much-needed scholarly insight to that issue. Her provocative concept of “silent racism” can be nurtured with insights gained from comparative research across gender and social class…Her work is important to symbolic interactionists because she beings with Herbert Blumer’s idea of seeing racism as a social process, but extends it with an honorable commitment to changing race relations through two social mechanisms we hold dear: communication and relationships." -Joseph A. Kotarba, University of Houston

• Preface 1 Rethinking Racism 2 Silent Racism 3 Passivity in Well-Meaning White People 4 The Production of Institutional Racism 5 Race Awareness Matters 6 Antiracist Practice 7 Epilogue.