Black in America. Christina Jackson

      1  Cover

      2  Front Matter

      3  About the Contributors

      4  Introduction: Are We “Post-Racial” Yet? Black in America: Revisiting Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Book Features Notes

      5  1 How Blacks Became the Problem: American Racism and the Fight for Equality Defining the Problem: Critical and Conventional Approaches to Race and Racism Racism in an Institution: Education, Jim Crow and the Racial State A Critical Race Approach to Blacks in America Conclusion: American Racism and the Black Community Critical Reflection Questions Notes

      6  2 Crafting the Racial Frame: Blackness and the Myth of the Monolith Controlling Images and the Caricature of the Black Family in Popular Media Defined from Without: The Black Immigrant Experience Complicating the Racial Frame: Confidence in Blackness Blackness and its Intersections Conclusion: The Black Community Pulling Apart Critical Reflection Questions Notes

      7  3 Whose Life Matters? Value and Disdain in American Society “First, Do No Harm”: Eugenics, Medicine and Devaluing Black Life Understanding Black Resistance Resistance at the Ballot Box: Pursuing the Party of Equality The Black Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement Racializing Religion, Piety and Resistance The Rise of Black Radicalism The Era of Black Lives Matter Conclusion: The Media and the Future of Black Resistance Critical Reflection Questions Notes

      8  4 Staying Inside the Red Line: Housing Segregation and the Rise of the Ghetto Urban Black Settlement Patterns and the Negro Problem Urban Segregation and the Creation of the Ghetto Urban Renewal as Black Removal and Displacement Racial Attitudes and Gentrification Conclusion: Toward a Revitalization of the Ghetto Critical Reflection Questions

      9  5 Who Gets to Work? Understanding the Black Labor Market Experience Labor and Race-Making in a Historical Perspective War and Black Labor Equal Opportunity Under the Law, Almost a New Day for Black Labor Working Poverty, Welfare and the Racial Frame Conclusion: Race and Class, Exploring the Prism of Difference Critical Reflection Questions Notes

      10  6 Is Justice Blind? Race and the Rise of Mass Incarceration Policing the Black Body: Race, Surveillance and Mass Criminalization Connecting the Past and Present: The Sociohistoric Roots of the “Black Crime Problem” Black Criminality and Racial Threat “Tough on Crime” Problem Produced: Caste, Citizenship and other Carceral Creations Normalizing Surveillance: Racial Formation and the Forces Driving Mass Incarceration Conclusion: Becoming Criminal, the Role of the School-to-Prison Pipeline Critical Reflection Questions Notes

      11  7 Reifying the Problem: Racism and the Persistence of the Color Line in American Politics The “Southern Strategy,” the Grand Realignment and the Backlash Against Civil Rights Racial Appeals and Presidential Politics Obama and the Mirage of Post-racial Politics Racial Politics and Race(d) Policy Conclusion: