Racism in the United States
Implications for the Helping Professions
Prepares human services students and professionals to understand and address systemic inequities across diverse practice settings.
The fourth edition examines historical, structural, institutional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal racism while connecting theory to practice. Students gain actionable skills through exercises, case vignettes, and real-world applications across clinical, organizational, educational, and community settings. Updated content explores contemporary issues including racial justice, immigration, environmental inequity, and technology's impact on racism. This textbook helps build critical consciousness, advocacy skills, and professional competence with an engaging, research-informed resource designed for today's human services classrooms. Unlock your free eBook with your print purchase—accessible anytime on Springer Publishing Connect!
What’s New:
- Expanded discussions on coloniality, the racial caste system, and the foundations of racialized oppression
- Examines the impact of AI, emerging technologies, and digital spaces on inequity and bias
- Analyzes evolving debates surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory in higher education and professional training
- Explores climate justice, environmental inequities, and the global consequences of colonial systems
- Confronts the current political shift toward overt racism, anti-immigration policies, and the reassertion of White caste privilege in the United States and globally, integrating its implications for racial and social justice practice across all chapters
Key Features:
- Covers historical, structural, institutional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal racism across practice settings
- Helps students develop critical consciousness and apply equity-focused strategies in professional practice
- Features exercises, case vignettes, group activities, visual aids, podcasts, and practice guidelines
- Written by experienced scholars and educators combining research expertise with real-world practice insights
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Podcasts
Springer Publishing Resources
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Understanding Racism
Chapter 3. A Brief History of Racism in the United States and Implications for the Helping Professions
Chapter 4. The Web of Institutional Racism
Chapter 5. Social Identity Formation and Group Membership
Chapter 6. How Privilege Can Obscure the Reality of Racism
Chapter 7. Racism and Immigration
Chapter 8. Intersectionality—Racism and Other Forms of Social Oppression
Chapter 9. Racial Dialogue—Talking About Race and Racism
Chapter 10. Responses to Racism in the Community
Chapter 11. Racially Just Agencies and Organizations
Chapter 12. Examining the Dynamics of Race and Racism in Clinical Work
Chapter 13. Teaching About Race and Racism
Chapter 14. Dismantling Racism—Creating the Web of Resistance
Afterword
Appendices
A: Everyday Democracy
B: Steps to Successful Intergroup Conversation—A Critical-Dialogic Model
C: Activities Toward Becoming a Racially Just Organization
D: Issues to Consider When Confronting Institutional Racism
E: Cultural Values and Worldviews
F: For Further Reading About Racism and Clinical Practice
G: Culturally Influenced Behaviors
H: Questions About Cross-Cultural Contacts
I: Imaginary Letter
J: Teaching Vignettes
K: How to Facilitate a Fishbowl Exercise
L: Hypothesis Building Exercise
M: Forming a New Society
N: Additional Readings and Video Resources on Racism
Suggested Courses:
- Diversity, Racism, Oppression, and Privilege
- Social Justice, Equity, and Advocacy
- Human Behavior in the Social Environment
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- LMS Common Cartridge With All Instructor Resources
- Instructor's Manual
- Instructor Test Bank
- Instructor Chapter PowerPoints
- EPAS Competency Mapping
- Transition Guide: Third Edition to Fourth Edition
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- Release Date: February 28, 2027
- Paperback / softback
- 413 Pages
- Trim Size: 7in x 10in
- Number of Illustrations: 14
- ISBN: 9780826190765
- eBook ISBN: 9780826157157
