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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: fallacies of racism
    sub title: understanding how common perceptions uphold white supremacy
  name:
    name part: Sims, Jennifer Patrice
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    copyright date: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: viii, 221 pages ; 24 cm
  abstract: Everyone has an opinion on racism. The vast majority of people would vehemently deny that they or those close to them are "racist," yet many of the most common understandings of racism are highly problematic. "If you mean no harm, then it can't be racist." Yes, it can. "There are anti-discrimination laws now, so racism no longer occurs." Incorrect. "Some of my best friends are Black, so I can't be racist." Not true. In this sharp, open-minded and witty book, sociologist Jennifer Patrice Sims succinctly addresses these problematic perceptions of racism as fallacies. Building on existing academic theories and drawing on her own cross-national research, two decades of teaching and analyses of contemporary issues, she delves into the most common and insidious fallacies about racism. In revealing them to be rooted in what scholars call an "epistemology of ignorance," she shows how these perceptions justify and uphold white supremacy (inadvertently or otherwise). Accessibly written and full of concrete examples, this book will be of great value to anyone who wants to understand the common misunderstandings about racism that frustrate contemporary politics, classrooms, workplaces and dinner tables.
  note: Jennifer Patrice Sims.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Equality
  subject:
    topic: Race discrimination
  subject:
    topic: Race relations
  subject:
    topic: Racism
  subject:
    topic: White privilege (Social structure)
  classification: HT1521 .S56 2024
  classification: 305.8
  identifier: 1509553479
  identifier: 1509553487
  identifier: 9781509553471
  identifier: 9781509553488
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 231216
    record change date: 20250816185316.2
    record identifier: in00004803383