Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Introduction to the second edition; 2. Prejudiced people are not the only racists in America; 3. From theory to research and back again - a methodological discussion; 4. 'I favour anything that doesn't affect me personally' Gene Danich; 5. 'The trouble is all this suspicion between us' Darlene Kurier; 6. 'If I could do it, why can't they do it?' Dick Wilson; 7. 'Convincing people that this is a racist country is like selling soap - if agitators say it enough times people will believe it' John Harper; 8. 'There wouldn't be any problems if people's heads were in the right place'; 9. Toward a sociology of white racism; 10. Epilogue: from Bensonhurst to Berkeley; 11. Appendix: interview guide; 12. Bibliography; 13. Index.