I remember the image of Professor H., a tall man, very clearly. Dressed in an expensive suit, tie, and patent-leather shoes, he often strutted up and down in the front of the auditorium, and instead of giving a scientific lecture, he bragged about whose hand he had just shaken in Berlin, London or … 
discrimination
how racism works – and how it doesn’t work: why a totalizing understanding of racism is insufficient for theory and research
Current political and scientific controversies about racism are often conducted as disputes in which clear positions are demanded, as if it were about religious confessions, or as if they were governed by a "logic of the trial" (Wacquant, 1997, p. 222), which aims at identifying culprits and …
editorial: how racism works: systemic injustices and the (false) promises of education
Racism constitutes an integral part of contemporary societies. Although there are probably few people who would openly call themselves racist, discrimination and oppression against people marked as non-white or “other” in some way are still omnipresent across the globe. The struggles connected with …
segregation, inequalities and discrimination
Reacting to Segregation
How do urban and school segregation impact inequality and the perception thereof? Our hypothesis is based on the crucial role of segregation in changing the framework that people use to interpret their own experience and more particularly social hierarchy and difference. …