Structural Racism and Diversity Ideology

In this episode we interview the sociologist, David Embrick, about structural and institutional racism and diversity ideology. If you’d like to learn more about the relationship of structural racism and other inequities to the impact of the COVID pandemic, listen to this podcast from This Anthropological Life: https://anchor.fm/thisanthrolife/episodes/A-Virus-Without-Borders-The-Design-of-Public-Health--Inequality--and-Hope-ebot2d.
Resources for this topic:

1. Bonilla-Silva, E. (1997). Rethinking racism: Toward a structural interpretation. American Sociological Review, 62(3), 465-480.
   
2. Bonilla-Silva, E. (2006). Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
   
3. Bonilla-Silva, E., & Embrick, D. G. (2006). Racism without racists: “Killing me softly” with color blindness. In C. A. Rossatto, R. L. Allen, & M. Pruyn (Eds.), Reinventing critical pedagogy (pp. 21-34). New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
   
4. DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
   
5. Embrick, David G. (2011). The Diversity Ideology in the Business World: A New Oppression for a New Age. Critical Sociology, 37(5), 541–556. 
   
6. Embrick, David G. (2018). "Diversity: Good for Maintaining the Status Quo, Not So Much for Real Progressive Change." In Challenging the Status Quo. Brill, pp. 1-9.
   
7. Feagin, J. R. (2013). The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
   
8. Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an Antiracist. New York: One World/Ballantine.
   
9. Omi, M., & Winant, H. (1986). Racial formation in the United States: from the 1960s to the 1980s. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.