This book discusses the shifting definitions of racism and challenges the common conception that racism is experienced exclusively by black people. It will occupy the centre of debate in the sociology of racism and ethnic studies.

This trenchant yet subtle book, written by one of the main authorities in the field, discusses the shifting and multiple definitions of the concept of racism. The author challenges a common academic and everyday conception that racism is experienced exclusively by black people. Controversial and compelling it will occupy the centre of contemporary debate in the sociology of racism and ethnic studies.