Examines social history of major racial groups in the US and relationships to contemporary standing. Discusses central concepts sociologists use to analyze racial matters. Central theme: "racism" is not mere "prejudice," "ignorance," or “intolerance,” but a comprehensive historical system of racial domination organized around the logic of white supremacy. Discussion of "whiteness" in the USA—how whiteness emerged as a social category, an identity based on experiences of variety of European “peoples;" how it dominated the racial structure of the US since the 17th century, how wealth has been distributed along racial lines, racialization of Asians and Latinos, and color blind racism.