Myth of Post-Racial America

H. Roy Kaplan, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He has received many local and national honors for his multicultural work in schools and in 1998 was named "National Hero of Education" by the U.S. Department of Education.

• 1 1. Facing the Challenge of Diversity 2 2. The Origin of Our Species 3 3. The Rise of Racism 4 4. Darwin's Descendants: Contemporary Scientific Racism 5 5. Justifying the Indefensible: Rationalizing Domination and Exploitation 6 6. Why People Hate 7 7. Surviving White Culture 8 8. You Have to be Carefully Taught: Learning About Race and Racism 9 9. Thinking About Race 10 10. Teaching About Inclusivity in Schools 11 11. Corporate Diversity and the Cost of Color 12 12. Social Inequality from the World of Work to Society 13 13. Racial Disparities in Health and Wellness 14 14. Crime and Punishment 15 15. How the Military Shaped Blacks' Progress 16 16. The Myth of the Meritocracy 17 17.More than Talk: Why Dialogue is Not Enough

An outstanding overview of white racism in an America light years from post-raciality! Veteran researcher and civil rights activist Kaplan astutely details past and present realities of racial oppression and its causes, consequences, and costs. Unafraid of naming principal perpetrators, elite white men, he delineates their racist enterprises over centuries, yet in the end provides sage advice beyond multiculturalism-lite for starting the hard efforts necessary for ending these enterprises as they play out in corporate, educational, and other important social arenas.