In contrast to most studies of minority, majority relations, the author does not focus on minority groups but on the conventional wisdom of the politically dominant majority population. The essays cover a range of themes, from individualised identification and the struggle to achieve a 'sustainable self-image' to national belonging and 'race thinking'. She argues that social actors construct racial and national boundaries by drawing on everyday-life experiences. This is how racial prejudice can become 'plausible prejudice?'.