Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism

John J. Betancur, PhD, is Associate Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the coeditor of The Collaborative City: Opportunities and Struggles for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. Cities.Cedric Herring, PhD University of Michigan, is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published seven books. His forthcoming book is entitled Critical Diversity: The New Case for Inclusion and Equal Opportunity.

• List of Tables and FiguresAbout the Contributors1. Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism: An Introduction, John J. Betancur and Cedric Herring2. Critical Considerations and New Challenges in Black-Latino Relations, John J. Betancur3. Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Race, Citizenship, and the Conundrums of Latinidad, Tomas Almaguer4.Public Housing Redevelopment and the Displacement of African Americans, Edward G. Goetz5.Problems of Racial Justice in Portland, 1968–2010: Revisiting the City’s “Kerner Report,” Karen J. Gibson6. After the Storm: Race and Victims’ Reactions to the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath, Hayward Derrick Horton, Melvin Thomas, and Cedric Herringv7. Race, Class, and the Restructuring of Urban Community Development, Douglas C. Gills8. Fairness on the Job: Skin Tone, the Beauty Myth, and the Treatment of African American Women at Work, N. Michelle Hughes and Cedric Herring9. Training Black Media Makers after Kerner: The Black Journal Workshop, Devorah Heitner10. “Illegals Under Fire”: Analyzing U.S. News Frames of Latina/o Immigration and Immigration Rights (1997–2007), Isabel Molina-Guzmán11. Muslims in the Global City: Racism, Islamophobia, and Multiracial Organizing in Chicago, Junaid Rana12.New Configurations of Racism after 9/11: Gender and Race in the Context of the Anti-Immigrant City, Elizabeth L. Sweet13.Gang Members, Juvenile Delinquents, and Direct Democracy, Lisa Marie Cacho14. Racial Disadvantage and Incarceration: Sources of Wage Inequality among African American, Latino, and White Men, Kecia R. Johnson and Jacqueline Johnson15.Casualties of War: The War on Drugs, Prisoner Re-entry and the Spread of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in Chicago’s Communities, Cedric Herring16. Marching in March: Early Participation in Chicago’s Immigrant Mobilizations, Angela Mascarenas and Cedric Herring17. From Political Novice to Veteran: Youth Participation in the Immigrant Mobilization, Loren Henderson18. Race, Poverty, and Disability: A Social Justice Dilemma, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Fabricio Balcazar, Tina Ritzler-Taylor, Asma Ali , and Rooshey Hasnain19.Conclusion: Racism and Neoracism: Contributions of This Book, John J. Betancur

"The book is disruptive and refreshing, giving readers the particular and occasionally peculiar reading of the subject by the editors whose expertise does not necessarily reflect the consensus of the field. [ ] There is much to learn from this ambitious, revealing collection. Summing up: Highly recommended."I. Ken, Choice, Vol. 50, No. 10 (June 2013), pp. 50