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Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s by Howard Winant, Michael Omi
ksinclair04's review against another edition
5.0
this is a review of the original, first edition - although i sort of wish i'd realized that they'd published a third edition before i started reading the first one. doh! regardless, this book rings incredibly true even nearly 30 years later - truly a classic text that argues why/how race is a fundamental organizing construct of US american political and social life. particularly appropriate/interesting to read in the context of the current racial climate, ferguson protests, etc. this book offers useful language/concepts for understanding the media's and politicians' responses to the protests - for example, their use of strategies of "absorption" and "isolation" amidst an ongoing battle to re-articulate the meaning of race in the US.
mattrohn's review
4.0
Really solid and concise theory book. The overview of the different major conceptions of race (ethnicity, nationality, and class) is phenomenal and the analysis of the racial formation process is strong if somewhat overly abstract in the way it's discussed
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