Introduction: the ironic dynamics of race -- Talking about racism: how our dialogue gets short-circuited -- Blaming the victim? -- The debate over culture -- Ideology and IQ: moving beyond the Bell curve -- Is racism inevitable? Motivational foundations of white racial attitudes -- Prejudice without intention? "Cognitive" foundations of white racial attitudes -- The complexities of the black response to oppression: strengths and vulnerabilities, pride and self-doubt -- Integration, assimilation, and separatism: the ambiguities of identity -- Crime and the multiple causes and effects of inequality -- Separate neighborhoods, separate destinies -- Beyond affirmative action: toward a resolution of our divisions -- Breaking the cycle of poverty and disadvantage: head starts, handicaps, and the importance of ongoing life circumstances -- Beyond black and white.