When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age, by Rob Eschmann. University of California Press, 2023. 312 pages. $24.95. ISBN 978-0520379749

Authors

• Stephanie M. Ortiz, University of Massachusetts LowellFollow

Document Type

Review

Abstract

Sociologist Stephanie M. Ortiz reviews Rob Eschmann’s When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age, which examines how the internet reorganizes the conditions under which racism is expressed, with a focus on higher education. This reorganization allows hate to flourish online even as racism is disavowed in public. Online and offline spaces are not disconnected, though, and digital revelations—revealed when “the hood comes off”—shape offline relationships, institutional trust, campus climate, and students’ sense of safety.

Recommended Citation

Ortiz, Stephanie M. (2026) "When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age, by Rob Eschmann. University of California Press, 2023. 312 pages. $24.95. ISBN 978-0520379749," Journal of Hate Studies: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64749/2169-7442.1274
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/jhs/vol19/iss1/14

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