Allport, Gordon. (1954). The Nature of Prejudice. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

• A classic work in the field. A comprehensive summary of theory and research.

Bonacich, Edna, & Modell, John. (1980). The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in the Japanese American Community. Berkeley: University of California Press.

• Split labor market theory applied to the Japanese American community.

Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. (2013). Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

• One of the most important treatments of modern (or “color-blind”) racism

Gerstenfield, Phyllis. 2013. Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies. Third Edition Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

• A very useful collection of articles and viewpoints on hate crimes.

Wingfield, Adia & Feagin, Joe. 2013. Yes We Can?: White Racial Framing and the Obama Presidency. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge

• One of the most important analyses of Obama’s election and presidency

Yancey, George. (2007). Interracial Contact and Social Change. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

• A thin volume that presents a comprehensive and largely positive assessment of the contact hypothesis.