Race and Ethnicity

Sociological analysis of race, racism, ethnic identities, and racialized inequality, drawing on Omi & Winant, Bonilla-Silva, and Du Bois.

Race and Ethnicity

Racial Formation Theory

Omi & Winant's *Racial Formation in the United States*, racial projects, the state's role in racial classification, and the durability of race as a sociopolitical category.

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Colorblind Racism and Everyday Racial Attitudes

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's *Racism Without Racists*, the four frames of color-blind racism, and comparative European debates about race, culture, and integration.

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Du Bois and the Sociology of Race

W. E. B. Du Bois's foundational contributions to the sociology of race, from *The Philadelphia Negro* (1899) through *The Souls of Black Folk* (1903) and beyond, and the recent recovery of his work in the sociological canon.

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Immigration and Ethnic Incorporation

Sociological theories of how immigrants and their descendants are incorporated into host societies, from Park's classical assimilation through Alba & Nee's new assimilation theory, Portes & Zhou's segmented assimilation, and contemporary transnationalism.

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Racial Wealth Gap and Structural Racism

The origins and persistence of the Black-white wealth gap in the US, drawing on Oliver & Shapiro's *Black Wealth/White Wealth*, Mehrsa Baradaran's history of banking, Ta-Nehisi Coates's reparations argument, and Rothstein's *The Color of Law* on redlining.

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