Beyond Racism: Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States

Charles V. Hamilton

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001 - Black people - 629 pages

This study explores issues of race, racism, and strategies to improve the status of people of African descent in Brazil, South Africa and the USA. The authors provide in-depth information about each country, together with analyses of cross-cutting themes and trends.

Contents

• Race Inequality: 29
• RedressRemedies: 63
• Experiencing: 85
• A Reading of Race Relations in Brazil: 105
• The Misadventures of Nonracialism in Brazil: 157
• Racism: 187
• The Social Construction of Racial Privilege in: 251
• Comparative Issues: 273
• A View from the South: 323
• GDP Increases from Ending LongTerm Discrimination: 351
• A Strategy for Ending Racial: 371
• Prospects: 469
• Response Alex Boraine: 490
• Notes on Race Attitudes in Brazil: 509
• Interview with Sérgio Adorno: 525
• An American Fairy Tale: 553
• Concluding Note: 591
• The Contributors: 599
• Index: 609

About the author

Charles V. Hamilton is Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government, Columbia University, Lynn Huntley is executive vice president of the Southern Education Foundation and director of the Comparative Human Relations Initiative. Neville Alexander is director of the University of Cape Town's Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa. Antonio Sergio Alfredo Guimaracs is professor of sociology. University of Sao Pauto. Wilmot James is professor and dean of the Humanities Faculty at the University of Cape Town.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Beyond Racism: Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States; Beyond Racism: Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States, Charles V. Hamilton
• Editor: Charles V. Hamilton
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001
• ISBN: 158826002X, 9781588260024
• Length: 629 pages