Racing to Justice

john a. powell (who spells his name in lowercase in the belief that we should be "part of the universe, not over it, as capitals signify") is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racism, housing, poverty, and democracy. He is the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and he holds the Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion and is a Professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. He has also taught at numerous law schools including Harvard and Columbia University.

Foreword by Elsadig Elsheikh Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Race and Racialization 1. Targeted Universalism 2. The Color-Blind Multiracial Dilemma: Racial Categories Reconsidered 3. The Racing of American Society: Race Functioning as a Verb before Signifying as a Noun Part Two: White Privilege 4. Interrogating Privilege, Transforming Whiteness 5. White Innocence and the Courts: Jurisprudential Devices that Obscure Privilege Part Three: The Racialized Self 6. Dreaming of a Self beyond Whiteness and Isolation 7. The Multiple Self: Implications for Law and Social Justice Part Four: Engagement 8. Lessons from Suffering: How Social Justice Informs Spirituality 9. Polarization Afterword Notes References Index