Me Thinks

In this book Tanya Maria Golash-Boza gives a detailed look at the part race plays in housing, education, income and financial stability, immigration, criminal justice, stratification, labor market, and even health and environment. She packs a lot of information into this book.

The idea of race involves classifying humans into distinct groups. (pg. 4)

Our individual prejudices and acts of discrimination are directly related to our acceptance of racial ideologies. (pg. 42)

Racial dynamics in the US have changed from domination (direct rule by coercion) to hegemony (rule by both coercion and consent). In the current era, racial stratification and white dominance are achieved more subtly through coercion and consent.  The US is undergoing a slow, gradual, and contentious transition from a racial dictatorship to a racial democracy. (pg. 47)