Herman Gray is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz and has published widely in the areas of Black cultural politics and media.
[1] Gray’s books include: Watching Race (Minnesota), Cultural Moves (California).
Gray’s 2019 book Racism, Post Race (Duke) was co-edited with Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet Weiser.
[2] Gray attended graduate school at UC Santa Cruz studying under Sociology Professor Hardy T.
Gray has stated that nostalgia can be used to induce an uncritical engagement with history, as "a way of not having to confront ... historical realities," in particular as with the "Make America Great Again" slogan.