ABSTRACT

Two-Faced Racism examines and explains the racial attitudes and behaviours exhibited by whites in private settings. While there are many books that deal with public attitudes, behaviours, and incidences concerning race and racism (frontstage), there are few studies on the attitudes whites display among friends, family, and other whites in private settings (backstage). The core of this book draws upon 626 journals of racial events kept by white college students at twenty-eight colleges in the United States. The book seeks to comprehend how whites think in racial terms by analyzing their reported racial events.

chapter 1|41 pages

Contemporary Racial Events

An Overview

chapter 2|47 pages

The Frontstage

chapter 3|52 pages

The Backstage

chapter 4|33 pages

Backstage, Near the Front

chapter 5|37 pages

Fluid Boundaries, Slippery Regions

chapter 6|24 pages

Observing Racial Discrimination

chapter 7|40 pages

The Continuing Significance of Racism

Reprise and Conclusion