Much work in the sociology of race and ethnicity centers on an underlying narrative of racial
progress. Progress narratives are typically conceptualized as a linear process of slow, yet …

In this article, I clarify some components and expand a few underdeveloped ideas of the
racialized social system approach to racial stratification. I divide the paper into three parts. In …

Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all
cities have developed opportunities for citizen involvement in strategic planning. The World …

Many analysts argue colorblindness as the reigning ideological buttress of a historically
distinct form of structural white supremacy, color-blind racism. In contrast to slavery and legal …

According to recent research, ethnoracial diversity negatively affects trust and social capital.
This article challenges the current conception and measurement of “diversity” and invites …

Directing attention to racial ignorance as a core dimension of racialized social systems, this
article advances a process-focused Theory of Racial Ignorance (TRI), grounded in Critical …

In this article, I present a framework for diversity as a racial ideology that rearticulates the
logic of civil rights. Diversity ideology is, in part, a co-optation of calls for race consciousness …

The study of color-blind racial ideology has made a significant contribution to the
understanding of contemporary racism through its elaboration of the dominant racial …

This interview study examines the school choices of white middle class parents who live in a
large Northeastern city. Interviewees identify as progressive urbanites and express an …

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders—
home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls—is where it first came to national prominence. And it's …