Bob Blauner (May 18, 1929, Chicago, Illinois) is an American sociologist, college professor and author.

Blauner's sociological writings and teachings on class, race and men are based on his years as a factory worker. His studies began with his B.A. from University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

 1948, M.A. 1950 and his Ph.D. 1962 from Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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.

Married twice, he began teaching at San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University

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, the University of Chicago and from 1963 on he taught at Berkeley.

The well-known "Blauner Hypothesis" states that minority groups created by colonization, because it is forced on them, experience a greater degree of racism and discrimination than those created by voluntary immigration.

In his studies, Blauner contrasts the assimilation experiences of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexican-Americans.

His work was funded by major groups such as the National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Mental Health

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, the Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

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, and the Social Science Research Council

Social Science Research Council

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Publications

• Alienation and Freedom: The Factory Worker and His Industry (1964).
• Racial Oppression in America (1972).
• Black Lives, White Lives: Three Decades of Race Relations in America (1989).
• Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men, editor (1997).
• Resisting McCarthyism: To Sign or Not to Sign California’s Loyalty Oath (2009).

Sources

• "Robert Blauner." World of Sociology. Gale Group, 2001.