"The first edition of this book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post Civil Rights era, a powerful new ideology of "color-blind racism" has emerged. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for and ultimately justify racial inequities." "In this new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white/black dichotomy. He argues that the United States is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. The book has also been appropriately updated throughout with new information, data, and references."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the second edition of Racism without Racists -- 1 The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America -- 2 The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism -- 3 The Style of Color Blindness: How to Talk Nasty about -- Minorities without Sounding Racist -- 4 "I Didn't Get That Job Because of a Black Man": Color-Blind -- Racism's Racial Stories -- 5 Peeking Inside the (White) House of Color Blindness: The -- Significance of Whites' Segregation -- 6 Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? An Examination of -- White Racial Progressives -- 7 Are Blacks Color Blind, Too? -- 8 E Pluribus Unum or the Same Old Perfume in a New Bottle? -- On the Future of Racial Stratification in the United States -- 9 Conclusion: "The (Color-Blind) Emperor Has No -- Clothes"-Exposing the Whiteness of Color Blindness -- 10 Querries: Answers to Questions from Concerned Readers -- Postscript: What Is to be Done (For Real)? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.