Preface: The Lethal Absurdity De Jour -- part I. Understanding Race. Similes, Metaphors, and Analogs for Race ; Same World, Different Worldviews : Not All the Black Kids Sat Together in the Cafeteria ; The Arc of a Bad Idea : Race and Racialization in Five Epochs -- part II. Transcending Race. Who Are the Race Transcenders? : Narratives of Nonracial Identity Development ; Race Transcendence, Race Consciousness, and Postrace -- part III. Implications of the Nonracial Worldview. Race Without Reification : Pedagogy, Practice, and Policy from the Nonracial Worldview ; Beyond the Panopticon : Liberating the Tragic Essentialist and Promoting Racial Disobedience -- Appendices. Appendix A: Race Transcender Study Preinterview Background Information Form -- Appendix B: Race Transcender Study Semistructured Open-Ended Interview Questions and Interview Domains Matrix.