Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

Racism is an emotionally charged concept that represents different things to different people. At its core, it is the practice of prejudice and discrimination based on perceptions of race. It is complex and contextualized to many facets of our existence, be it social, cultural, historical, psychological, political, philosophical and legal, to name a few. Racism is such a massive topic that any work examining it will be hopelessly fragmented and disjointed without a clear, predetermined focus. In, Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic, the foci are geographic and social. Available in four...