Systemic Racism in America

Rashawn Ray is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research at University of Maryland. He is also a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. Ray has published over 50 academic publications and over 50 op-eds.Hoda Mahmoudi is Research Professor and Chair at the Baha’I Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland. Mahmoudi is the co-author of numerous books on human rights.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Systemic Racism and Sociological Theory 1. The Past in the Present: Slavery’s Long Shadow Hoda Mahmoudi 2. The Problem of Racism in "Post-Racial" America Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Liann Yamashita 3. W.E.B. Du Bois at the Center: From Science, Civil Rights Movement, to Black Lives Matter Aldon Morris 4. Make America White Again: The Racial Reasoning of American Nationalism Matthew W. Hughey and Michael L. Rosino Part II: Systemic Racism and Education Inequality 5. Systemic Racism in Education Requires Multidimensional Solutions Prudence L. Carter 6. Why did Convergence of the Achievement Gap Stop?: Macroeconomic Change, Policy, and Racial Avoidance Odis Johnson, Jr. 7. Seeing Our Most Vulnerable Homeless Students: The Impact of Systemic Racism on the Education of Black Homeless Youth in the United States Earl J. Edwards and Pedro Noguera Part III: Systemic Racism and Social Change 8. Pursuing Racial Justice on Predominantly White Campuses: Divergent Institutional Responses to Racially Palatable and Racially Conscious Students Chandra V. Reyna 9. Black Lives Matter in Polarized News Media: Politics, Policing, Prejudice, and Protest Simone N. Durham 10. Forging Alliances, Seeking Justice: How Relatively Privileged Young People Imagine and Build Solidarity across Differences Beth Douthirt Cohen 11. Forming a Racially Inclusive Sociological Imagination: Becoming a Racial Equity Learner, Racial Equity Advocate, and Racial Equity Broker Rashawn Ray Epilogue