人種差別主義の根深く多面的な歴史とさまざまな要因（生物学的・文化的・色盲的・構造的差別）について概括する一冊。新版は「イスラム恐怖症」「新たな反ユダヤ主義」「白人性」「交差性」「無意識に持っている偏見」「暗黙の偏見」などの新たな概念や問題を取り上げています。人種差別を理解することの重要性、欧米のマイノリティが白人支配の社会で不利な立場に置かれ続けている理由、大衆迎合・排外主義、極右運動の高まりの背景、これらが人種差別の将来に与える影響を考察します。
  

• Identifies a variety of racisms and provides a clear accessible guide to why there is now a need to discuss racisms in the plural rather than in the singular
• Provides illumination on topical controversial issues such as cultural racism, Islamophobia, intersectionality, and colour-blind racism
• Explains why there has been a recent resurgence of national populist and far-right movements, and explores their implications for the future of racism

   
There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In our world today there are a variety of racisms at play, and it is necessary to distinguish between issues such as individual prejudice, and systematic racisms which entrench racialiazed inequalities over time.
       
This Very Short Introduction explores the history of racial ideas and a wide range of racisms - biological, cultural, colour-blind, and structural - and illuminates issues that have been the subject of recent debates. Is Islamophobia a form of racism? Is there a new antisemitism? Why has whiteness become an important source of debate? What is Intersectionality? What is unconscious or implicit bias, and what is its importance in understanding racial discrimination? Ali Rattansi tackles these questions, and also shows why African Americans and other ethnic minorities in the USA and Europe continue to suffer from discrimination today that results in ongoing disadvantage in these white dominant societies. Finally he explains why there has been a resurgence of national populist and far-right movements and explores their implications for the future of racism.