The Hidden Rules of Race

Andrea Flynn is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, where she researches and writes about race, gender and the social and economic issues that impact women and families. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Cosmopolitan, Salon, The Hill, and Women's eNews. Dorian T. Warren is a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, an MSNBC Contributor, and Board Chair of the Center for Community Change, Washington, DC. His forthcoming book is entitled The Three Faces of Unions: Inclusion and Democracy in the US Labor Movement. Felicia J. Wong is President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, where she leads work on Roosevelt's comprehensive economic program and narrative to rewrite the rules. She is a political scientist with expertise in race and education politics, and has held senior executive roles in the private and nonprofit sectors. She has also served as a White House Fellow. Susan R. Holmberg is a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. She writes on inequality, climate change, and corporate governance issues. Her writing has appeared in Democracy Journal, The Atlantic, Salon, The Hill, and Grist.

Introduction: rewriting the rules of racial inequality; 1. American politics and economic outcomes for African Americans: a brief historical overview; 2. Stratification economics: a general theory of intergroup inequality; 3. Creating structural changes: the role of targeted universalism; 4. The racial rules of wealth; 5. The racial rules of income; 6. The racial rules of education; 7. The racial rules of criminal justice; 8. The racial rules of health; 9. The racial rules of democratic participation; 10. What will it take to rewrite the hidden rules of race?