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Chapter 1: “The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America”

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Chapter 2: “What is Systemic Racism? Coming to Terms with How Racism Shapes ‘All’ Whites (and Non-Whites)”

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Chapter 3: “The New Racism: The U.S. Racial Structure Since the 1960s”

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Chapter 4: “The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism”

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Chapter 5: “The Style of Color Blindness: How to Talk Nasty about Minorities without Sounding Racist”

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Chapter 6: “‘I Didn’t Get That Job Because of a Black Man’: Color-Blind Racism’s Racial Stories”

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Chapter 7: “Peeking Inside the White Habitus: The Significance of Whites’ Segregation”

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Chapter 8: “Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? An Examination of White Racial Progressives”

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Chapter 9: “Are Blacks Color Blind, Too?” 

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Chapter 10, Section 1 Summary & Analysis: “Color-Blind Racism in Pandemic Times”

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Chapter 11: “Conclusion: No Excuses: You Must Join the Fight Against Color-Blind and Systemic Racism in America” 

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