Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America

In the first edition of this best-selling book Eduardo Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for-and ultimately justify-racial inequities. In the second edition the author explored the growing Hispanic-speaking minority and the implications for racial stratification.

In this third edition, the author continues to challenge color-blind thinking. A new cha...