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White-Washing Race: The Myth of a Color-blind Society is a compilation of evidence from sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars that presents a logical view on the wrongful opinion that we exist in a color-blind society. According to the book, it is a common misunderstanding that racial discrimination is of the past, and that the many inequalities which prevail in our country in such matters as wages, income, and access to housing and health care, are due to either cultural or individual failures. The book provides an alternate explanation: that racism, particularly organized racial advantages is as huge of an issue today as earlier. Such inequalities are apparent in the labor market, the welfare state, the criminal justice system, and schools and universities. The book takes account of the advancement of black Americans since the 1960’s, and current anti-discrimination policies, but advocates new policies for increased racial equality in a post-affirmative action world.

[edit] About the Authors

In total, there are seven authors who made significant contributions to this groundbreaking book. All Authors of this book are currently faculty at major universities across the United States. Michael K. Brown and David Wellman are currently professors at UC Santa Cruz. Marjorie M. Schultz, Troy Duster, and Elliott Currie are currently employed at UC Berkeley, while Currie is also a visiting Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. Troy Duster is also a Professor at New York University. David B. Oppenheimer is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Martin Carnoy is currently employed at Stanford University as a Professor of Education and Economics.

[edit] Reviews

"An excellent and often enlightening survey of policy issues" --Richard M. Valley, Political Science Quarterly

[edit] Awards

• Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award: Gustavus Myers Awards
• Benjamin L. Hooks Outstanding Book Award: Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
• C. Wright Mills Award Finalist: Society for the Study of Social Problems

[edit] See also

Racism in the United States
Poverty in the United States
Color blindness (race)
Constitutional colorblindness

[edit] Related Books

• Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau,
• Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood by Maria Kefalas,
• Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past by David R. Roediger

[edit] External links

• http://www.amazon.com/Whitewashing-Race-Color-Blind-Foundation-American/dp/0520237064
• http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/rhetoric_and_public_affairs/v009/9.2novkov.html
• http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~novkov/research/brownetalrev.htm
• http://www.longviewinstitute.org/bookstore/whitewashing
• http://ftp.iza.org/dp3713.pdf

[edit] References

• Brown K.,Michael.White-Washing Race:The Myth of a Color-blind Society.Berkeley,CA.University of California Press,2003.