Chapter 1. “White People Are Nosey” and “Black People Are Rude”: Black and White Greetings and Introductory Talk

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Racism Is a Clear and Present Danger 1
4. Chapter 1. “White People Are Nosey” and “Black People Are Rude”: Black and White Greetings and Introductory Talk 33
5. Chapter 2. “Fractured Reflections” of High-Status Black Men’s Presentations of Self: Non-Recognition of Identity as a Tacit Form of Institutional Racism 57
6. Chapter 3. Clashing Conceptions of Honesty: Black American “Honesty” in the White Workplace 81
7. Chapter 4. “A Man Is One Who Is Responsible for Others”: Achieving Black Masculinity in the Face of Institutionalized Stigma and Racism 105
8. Chapter 5. The White Self-Interested “Strong Man” Ideal vs. the Black Practice of “Submissive Civility”: In a Black/ White Police Encounter 129
9. Chapter 6. “Do You Eat Cats and Dogs?”: Student Observations of Racism in Their Everyday Lives 162
10. Chapter 7. The Interaction Order of a Poor Black American Space: Creating Respect, Recognition, and Value in Response to Collective Punishment 200
11. Conclusion. Digging out the Lies by Making the Ordinary Strange 226
12. Acknowledgments 249
13. Notes 255
14. Bibliography 267
15. Index 281