Confronting racism the problem and the response Jennifer L. Eberhardt and Susan T. Fiske, editors

Includes bibliographical references and index

On the nature of contemporary prejudice : the causes, consequences, and challenges of aversive racism / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner -- Racism equals power plus prejudice : a social psychological equation for racial oppression / Don Operario, Susan T. Fiske -- Social psychological processes and the legal bases of racial categorization / R. Richard Banks, Jennifer L. Eberhardt -- Racism and politics in the United States / David O. Sears -- International perspectives on prejudice and racism / James S. Jackson, Kendrick T. Brown, Daria C. Kirby -- Hierarchical group relations, institutional terror, and the dynamics of the criminal justice system / Jim Sidanius, Shana Levin, Felicia Pratto -- Racism and self-esteem / Jennifer Crocker, Diane Quinn -- To identify or not to identify : preserving, ignoring, and sometimes destroying racial (social) identity / Audrey J. Murrell -- A threat in the air : how stereotyes shape intellectual identity and performance / Claude M. Steele -- The rocky road to positive intergroup relations / Patricia G. Devine, Kristin A. Vasquez -- Prejudice and discrimination on the college campus / Thomas F. Pettigrew -- The essential power of racism : commentary and conclusion? / James M. Jones