The Face of Discrimination: How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives

“This is a meticulously researched, theoretically compelling, and deeply disturbing account of how sex and race discrimination operate in the everyday lives of people. Based on case data from individuals who filed formal complaints with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, The Face of Discrimination is a must read for students and scholars interested in understanding the interactional processes that produce and sustain gender and racial inequality.” ―Verta Taylor, Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara

“The book is written academically but is generally accessible to others; the message is important and well articulated….Recommended.” ―Choice Reviews

“The data alone makes this an important study, but the analyses convincingly illustrate how real people do what needs to be done to create white and male privilege, showing us how social closure processes actually work in employment and housing. Roscigno demonstrates that interactional discrimination has far reaching consequences for reproducing racial and gender inequality in today’s world. This book should be required reading not only in social science classes, but in every MBA program in the country.” ―Barbara Risman, University of Illinois at Chicago, executive officer of the Council on Contemporary Families