Böcker av Philomena Essed

This collection of essays examines problems of race, gender and cultural identity, from a European perspective. Looking at government policies and schemes designed to ensure diversity, from multiculturalism to ""positive action"", it encourages a rethink on issues of gender, colour and culture.

Using interview data from almost two thousand black women in the Netherlands and the United States, this text provides a comparative case study of how racism is played out in everyday life and attempts to build an interdisciplinary theory of racism and a methodology for its study.