Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Born 1962 (age 53–54)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Fields Sociology
Institutions Duke University
Alma mater University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis Squatters, politics, and state responses: the political economy of squatters in Puerto Rico, 1900-1992 (1993)
Known for Work on systemic racism and racial "colorblindness" in the United States
Notable awards 2011 Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (born 1962 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American political sociologist and professor of sociology at Duke University.

Education and career

Bonilla-Silva received his BA in sociology and economics from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus in 1984, and his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987 and 1993, respectively. He taught at the University of Michigan from 1993–1998 and at Texas A&M University from 1998–2005, after which he joined the Duke faculty.[2]

Work and views

Bonilla-Silva is known for researching the role of race in public life.[3] In 2004, he published the book Racism Without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States, which discusses his view that systemic racism is a major problem in the United States, despite the fact that Americans do not do or say something overtly racist on a regular basis. As of 2014, it was his best-selling book.[4] He has said that systemic racism in the United States did not disappear in the 1970s, as many Americans believe, but merely became less overt and harder to identify.[5][6] He has also blamed the fact that formerly all-white colleges in the United States did not change their curriculum or culture after integrating for racist incidents re-occurring on the campuses of these colleges. He has described these colleges as "historically white",[7] and has said that this problem is not one of bad apples, but that it may be one of the entire apple tree.[6]

Awards

Bonilla-Silva received the 2011 Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (2006). Racism without Racists (PDF). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 225.
  2. ↑ "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Ph.D.". Center on Race and Social Problems. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Ross, Janell (18 July 2016). "A majority of Americans — white and black — agree that race relations are bad and getting worse". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Large, Jerry (21 September 2014). "Fighting a quiet, nearly invisible brand of systematic racism". Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Shekhtman, Lonnie (25 November 2015). "Is there more racism in the US, or are we just more candid about it?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Shoichet, Catherine (24 November 2015). "Is racism on the rise? More in U.S. say it's a 'big problem,' CNN/KFF poll finds". CNN. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Alcindor, Yamiche (11 November 2015). "University of Missouri unrest a signal for other schools, experts say". USA Today. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Award Statement". American Sociological Association. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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