 | ISBN: 978-1-58826-508-1 $52.00 | |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-948-5 $52.00 | ||
| 2007/181 pages/LC: 2006035876 | ||
Yancey draws on quantitative and qualitative investigations of interracial religious congregations, families, and friendships to demonstrate that extensive interactions with people of color can alter the racial attitudes of whites. In the process, he challenges the assumption that contact necessarily results in people of color assimilating white values and culture: it may strengthen their socioeconomic positions, but it does not subvert their racial identity. Contact, Yancey concludes, is not a panacea for society's racial ills—but it is a vital supplement to the structural changes that must occur.
"Yancey masterfully details the promises and pitfalls of interracial contact in the 21st century. Tight, solid, gutsy ... an outstanding contribution to understanding our collective human future."—David Brunsma, University of Missouri-Columbia