This is the pre-copyedited version of the chapter “Confronting Race and Racism in the Post-Apocalyptic American City.”

The final version of this chapter appears in the book Fantastic Cities: American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, edited by Stefan Rabitsch, Michael Fuchs, and Stefan L. Brandt, University Press of Mississippi, 2022, pp. 118-34 (https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/F/Fantastic-Cities).