In the most comprehensive analysis of race, class, and ethnicity yet attempted, Yehudi Webster challenges the whole notion of racial classification put forward by both government and academics. The Racialization of America 's central argument is that to first classify citizens as "blacks" and "whites" and then describe their relations based on this division violates basic logic and creates an inevitably incoherent and self-defeating system of "race relations." It is time, at last, to move toward a more sophisticated view of human interaction.
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This will surely be one of the year's most provocative academic books. To a considerable extent, it "deconstructs" much of sociology and political science and some of anthropology. Webster (Pan-African studies, California State Univ.-Los Angeles) expands upon his contention that "neither the past nor contemporary social relations needs to be racially described." He is especially critical of some of his fellow academicians, social scientists, government policy makers, and media bigwigs. He tears apart the arguments of the proponents of multiculturalism, rejecting all of their claims and charging that "antiracist programs are counterproductive and self-perpetuating." His plea that we let philosophical principles guide us may be heeded by some, while many of his views, such as those about imprisoned black youth, are guaranteed to upset the proverbial applecart. Recommended for academic collections.
- Katherine Dahl, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Katherine Dahl, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Surely one of the year's most provocative academic books." --Library Journal
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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liberationist variant, general racial theory, naturalist variant, racial causation, liberationist writings, social studies cannot, racial minority experiences, racial descriptions, fundamentalist writings, racial solutions, split labor market theory, race relations studies, race relations literature, model minority thesis, anatomical attributes, ethnic theory, new black middle class, ethnic descriptions, motivated discrimination, race relations problems, racial experiences, racial classification, race relations research, racial attributes, class analyses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Max Weber, Oxford University Press, Thomas Sowell, Puerto Ricans, University of Chicago Press, Free Press, Government Printing Office, John Rex, Michael Banton, The Declining Significance of Race, Basic Books, Karl Marx, Cambridge University Press, Asian Pacific-American, Robert Miles, Bureau of the Census, International Publishers, North America New!
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liberationist variant, general racial theory, naturalist variant, racial causation, liberationist writings, social studies cannot, racial minority experiences, racial descriptions, fundamentalist writings, racial solutions, split labor market theory, race relations studies, race relations literature, model minority thesis, anatomical attributes, ethnic theory, new black middle class, ethnic descriptions, motivated discrimination, race relations problems, racial experiences, racial classification, race relations research, racial attributes, class analyses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Max Weber, Oxford University Press, Thomas Sowell, Puerto Ricans, University of Chicago Press, Free Press, Government Printing Office, John Rex, Michael Banton, The Declining Significance of Race, Basic Books, Karl Marx, Cambridge University Press, Asian Pacific-American, Robert Miles, Bureau of the Census, International Publishers, North America New!
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- Against the Multicultural Agenda: A Critical Thinking Alternative by Yehudi O. Webster on page 63, page 99, and Back Matter
- Race And Ethnic Conflict: Contending Views On Prejudice, Discrimination, And Ethnoviolence, Second Edition by Fred L Pincus on page 14, and page 23
- Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World by Heather M. Dalmage in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Racisme et modernite (Textes a l'appui) (French Edition) on page 346, and page 381
- Against the Multicultural Agenda: A Critical Thinking Alternative by Yehudi O. Webster on page 99, and Back Matter
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