Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist
Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism
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2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4042-0 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4042-0 (ISBN)
This book unearths and outlines the semantic foundations of white fragility and their consequences for racial justice in the United States. It argues that by expanding our racial vocabulary in certain ways, we can make progress toward justice equally enjoyed by all.
“Hey, that was kind of racist.”
“I'm not a racist! I have Black friends.”
This exchange highlights a problem with how people in the United States tend to talk about racially tricky situations. As Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist: Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism explores, such situations are ordinarily categorized as either racist or not racist (or, in other cases, as antiracist). The problem is, there are often situations that are racially not good, but that we do not want to categorize as racist, either. However, since we don’t have the language to describe this in-between, we are forced to fall back on the racist/not racist/antiracist trinary, which tends to shut down productive discussion. This is especially true for white people, who tend to take claims of racism—be they interpersonal or institutional—as a personal attack. This is problematic, not only because it means that white people never learn about their own racially troubling behaviors, but also because such fragility keeps them from being able to engage in productive discussions about systemic racial oppression. Leland Harper and Jennifer Kling demonstrate how expanding our racial vocabulary is crucial for the attainment of justice equally enjoyed by all.
“Hey, that was kind of racist.”
“I'm not a racist! I have Black friends.”
This exchange highlights a problem with how people in the United States tend to talk about racially tricky situations. As Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist: Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism explores, such situations are ordinarily categorized as either racist or not racist (or, in other cases, as antiracist). The problem is, there are often situations that are racially not good, but that we do not want to categorize as racist, either. However, since we don’t have the language to describe this in-between, we are forced to fall back on the racist/not racist/antiracist trinary, which tends to shut down productive discussion. This is especially true for white people, who tend to take claims of racism—be they interpersonal or institutional—as a personal attack. This is problematic, not only because it means that white people never learn about their own racially troubling behaviors, but also because such fragility keeps them from being able to engage in productive discussions about systemic racial oppression. Leland Harper and Jennifer Kling demonstrate how expanding our racial vocabulary is crucial for the attainment of justice equally enjoyed by all.
Leland Harper is assistant professor of philosophy at Siena Heights University. Jennifer Kling is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Land Acknowledgment
Chapter 1: The Dynamic Disaster of Racism
Chapter 2: The Semantic Foundations of White Fragility and the Consequences for Justice
Chapter 3: COVID-19 in Black America
Chapter 4: Shifting Toward Democracy and Justice
Chapter 5: Furthering the Claim
Chapter 6: Conversations
Chapter 7: The Expansion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.10.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Philosophy of Race |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 tables; |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4042-4 / 1793640424 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4042-0 / 9781793640420 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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