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.
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.
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.
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.
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.