ABSTRACT
First published in 1987, The Logic of Racism provides a portrait of race relations based on the stories of 800 different individuals from all sections of society. In this book, voices from the author’s tape recorder are converted to the page for the reader to experience the vivid, sometimes humorous and frequently disturbing impressions of race relations as they are experienced. Interviewees include people from different age groups, sexes, races, and social backgrounds as well as the politicians, teachers and professionals responsible for fighting racism. The book combines real life experiences with the author’s analysis and the result is a text that focuses on the reasoning behind prejudice and its resistance to rational argument.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |65 pages
Views from the middle years
chapter |26 pages
The Scramble for Houses – White Workingclass
chapter |22 pages
A Loathing of Compulsion – White Middleclass
chapter |15 pages
Coming to Terms – Ethnic Minorities
part |53 pages
Visions of Youth
chapter |16 pages
Posing New Problems – White Workingclass
chapter |16 pages
The Keys to Tomorrow – White Middleclass
chapter |19 pages
Crawlers No More – Ethnic Minorities
part |65 pages
Perspectives in Later Life
chapter |24 pages
As Communities Crumble – White Workingclass
chapter |22 pages
A Natural Equilibrium – White Middleclass
chapter |17 pages
Swallowing the Bitter Pill – Ethnic Minorities
part |63 pages
Problem-Solvers of the Future