America’s Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

Edited by Curtis L. Ivery and Joshua Bassett - Contributions by Houston Baker; Grace Lee Boggs; Benjamin DeMott; Erica Frankenberg; Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Andrew Grant-Thomas; Lani Guinier; Bob Herbert; Maria Hinojosa; Gary Howard; Colbert I. King; Arthur

In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of racial inequalities in American cities today. The editors combine their own experience in the field of civil rights with contributions of more than 20 urban studies experts to provide an overview of scholarship on the urban underclass. This look into the modern racial politics of America's cities encourages readers not only to be aware of inequalities, but to engage in efforts to change them.

AcknowledgmentsForeword by Cornel WestPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical OverviewChapter 2: Color-blind Ideology and the Urban Crisis"Color-blindness, Racism, and Multiracial Democracy"Michael Omi"Difference,' Emiseration, and America's Urban Crisis"Houston Baker"Sure, We're All Just One Big Happy Family"Benjamin Demott"Immigration, Education, and the Media"Maria Hinojosa"Incarcerated and Disappeared in the Land of the Free"Trinh Minh-HaChapter 3: Mass Incarceration and the Urban Crisis"Mass Incarceration, Civil Death, and the New Racial Domain"Manning Marable"Mass Incarceration, Race, and Criminal Justice Policy"Marc Mauer"Racial Profiling and Imprisonment of the Mentally Ill"Bob Herbert"The Case of Jonathan Magbie"Colbert I. KingChapter 4: Segregation and the Urban Crisis"Race and Residential Segregation in Detroit"john powell and John Telford"Health Care as a Civil Rights Issue"Alvin F. Poussaint"A Call for Multicultural Dialogues"James J. Zogby"American Education: Still Separate, Still Unequal"Arthur LevineChapter 5: Education and the Urban Crisis"Toward a Paradigm Shift in Our Concept of Education"Grace Lee Boggs"Writing and Multiracial Education"Nell Irvin Painter"Police In Schools: Can a Law Enforcement Orientation Be Reconciled With an Educational Mission?"Johanna Wald and Lisa Thurau"Pursuing the Promise of Brown in the 21st Century"Erica FrankenbergChapter 6: Multiracial Democracy and the Urban Crisis"In Our Lifetime"Henry Louis Gates, Jr."Making Every Vote Count"Lani Guinier"Segregation by Race, Segregation from Opportunity, and the Subversion of Multiracial Democracy in Detroit"Andrew Grant-Thomas"How We Are White"Gary HowardChapter 7: Conclusion