Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality

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The standoff at Cliven Bundy's ranch, the rise of white identity activists on college campuses, and the viral growth of white nationalist videos on YouTube vividly illustrate the resurgence of white supremacy and overt racism in the United States. White resistance to racial equality can be subtle as well―like art museums that enforce their boundaries as elite white spaces, "right on crime" policies that impose new modes of surveillance and punishment for people of color, and environmental groups whose work reinforces settler colonial norms. In this incisive volume, twenty-four leading sociologists assess contemporary shifts in white attitudes about racial justice in the US. Using case studies, they investigate the entrenchment of white privilege in institutions, new twists in anti-equality ideologies, and "whitelash" in the actions of social movements. Their examinations of new manifestations of racist aggression help make sense of the larger forces that underpin enduring racial inequalities and how they reinvent themselves for each new generation. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Introduction. The Resurgence of Whitelash: White Supremacy, Resistance, and the Racialized Social System in Trumptopia PART I. THE IDEOLOGICAL REINFORCEMENT OF WHITE SUPREMACY 1. Post–Color Blindness? Trump and the Rise of the New White Nationalism 2. The Unblackening: “White” License and the “Nice Racism” Trope 3. Political Correctness: A Genuine Concern for Discussion or Slippery Language Rooted in Racial Animosity 4. Diversity Regimes: How University Diversity Initiatives Shape White Race Consciousness PART II. THE REENTRENCHMENT OF WHITE SUPERIORITY IN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS 5. Institutional Racism Revisited: How Institutions Perpetuate and Promote Racism through Color Blindness 6. Prison in the Street: What Market-Based Bipartisan Reform Means for Racial Stratification 7. Settler Culture and White Property: From the Bundy Ranch Standoff to the West Virginia Coalfields 8. Local Immigration Enforcement: Shaping and Maintaining Policies through White Saviors and Economic Motivations 9. Recruiting White “Victims”: White Supremacist Flyers on College Campuses 10. The Whitening of South Asian Women 11. Colorful Art, White Spaces: How an Art Museum Maintains White Spaces PART III. WHITE EMOTIONS, EXPRESSIONS, AND MOVEMENTS 12. White Noise: How White Nationalist Content Creators Reproduce Narratives of White Power and Victimhood on YouTube 13. Blue Lives Matter: Police Protection or Countermovement 14. Echoing Derrick A. Bell: Black Women’s Resistance to White Supremacy in the Age of Trump 15. Solidarity and Struggle: White Antiracist Activism in the Time of Trump Conclusions. Where Do We Go from Here?: Structural and Social Implications of Whitelash List of Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z