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Race and Racialization, Second Edition
Essential Readings
Edited by Tania Das Gupta, Carl E. James, Chris Andersen, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Roger C. A. Maaka
Overview
Few words have generated as much debate and controversy as the word race. Through a critical examination of this complex subject, this anthology brings together essential contributions to the study of race and racialization.
An excellent compilation of classic and contemporary works by academic and activist writers, Race and Racialization provides historical, comparative, and global perspectives on race and its intersection with gender, class, ethnicity, indigeneity, and sexuality. This well-updated second edition includes a new section on state multiculturalism and a diverse ensemble of Canadian and international contributors who explore such relevant themes as colonialism, institutional racism, ethnocentrism, privilege, marginalization, and resistance.
Featuring introductions to each piece written by the editors, annotated lists of supplementary readings to encourage further exploration, and contributions by activists from Idle No More and Black Lives Matter, this comprehensive and highly accessible anthology is perfect for students studying race, racism, cultural diversity, identity and belonging, social inequality, and social justice.
Features
- discusses histories of ethnocentrism, cultural genocide, conquest and colonization, disease and pandemics, and slavery
- chapters are divided and organized thematically
Table of Contents
Preface
PART 1 | RACE THROUGH TIME
Part 1A Early Theories of Race
Chapter 1: Race and Progress, Franz Boas
Chapter 2: The Concept of Race, Ashley Montagu
Chapter 3: The Classification of Races in Europe and North America: 1700–1850, Michael Banton
Part 1B Colonialism and the Construction of Race
Chapter 4: Towards Scientific Racism, Gustav Jahoda
Chapter 5: The Dark Matter: Race and Racism in the Twenty-First Century, Howard Winant
Chapter 6: Latent and Manifest Orientalism, Edward W. Said
Chapter 7: The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power, Stuart Hall
Part 1C Thinking through Race in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 8: Does “Race” Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on Racism after “Race Relations”, Robert Miles and Rudy Torres
Chapter 9: When Place Becomes Race, Sherene H. Razack
Chapter 10: Is There a “Neo-Racism”?, Etienne Balibar
Chapter 11: The Relationship between Racism and Anti-Semitism, Michael Banton
Chapter 12: Global Apartheid? Race and Religion in the New World Order, Ali A. Mazrui
Chapter 13: The Lore of the Homeland: Hindu Nationalism and Indigenist “Neoracism”, Chetan Bhatt
PART 2 | COLONIALISM AND RACISM
Part 2A Indigeneity and Colonialism
Chapter 14: Everyday Decolonization: Living a Decolonizing Queer Politics, Sarah Hunt and Cindy Holmes
Chapter 15: Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science, Kim TallBear
Chapter 16: Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life across the Borders of Settler States, Audra Simpson
Chapter 17: White Possession and Indigenous Sovereignty Matters, Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Part 2B Colonialism, Slavery, and Indentured Labour
Chapter 18: Of Our Spiritual Strivings, W.E.B. Du Bois
Chapter 19: Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams
Chapter 20: Prelude to Settlement: Indians as Indentured Labourers, Verene Shepherd
PART 3 | RACE, RACISM, AND INSTITUTIONS
Part 3A State Multiculturalism—Managing “Difference”
Chapter 21: Language, Race, and the Impossibility of Multiculturalism, Eve Haque
Chapter 22: Immigrants, Multiculturalism, and the Welfare State, Carl E. James
Chapter 23: South Asian Canadian Histories of Exclusion, Alia Somani
Chapter 24: Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation, Gerard Bouchard and Charles Taylor
Part 3B Racism in the Education System
Chapter 25: Working to Reconcile: Truth, Action, and Indigenous Education in Canada, Celia Haig-Brown
Chapter 26: Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and the Primacy of Racism: Race, Class, Gender, and Dis/ability in Education, David Gillborn
Chapter 27: “A Raw, Emotional Thing”: School Choice, Commodification, and the Racialized Branding of Afrocentricity in Toronto, Canada, Kalervo N. Gulson and P. Taylor Webb
Chapter 28: Black Mixed-Race British Males and the Role of School Teachers: New Theory and Evidence, Remi Joseph-Salisbury
Part 3C Racism and Employment
Chapter 29: Colour Coded Labour Markets, Sheila Block and Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Chapter 30: The Integration of Racism into Everyday Life: The Story of Rosa N., Philomena Essed
Chapter 31: Diversity Management in the Canadian Workplace: Towards an Anti-racism Approach, Vanmala Hiranandani
Chapter 32: Local Produce, Foreign Labour: Labour Mobility Programs and Global Trade Competitiveness in Canada, Kerry Preibisch
Part 3D Racism, the Media, and Popular Culture
Chapter 33: The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture, Daniel Francis
Chapter 34: Doubling Discourses and the Veiled Other: Mediations of Race and Gender in Canadian Media, Yasmin Jiwani
Chapter 35: Races, Racism, and Popular Culture, John Solomos and Les Back
Part 3F Racism in the Justice System and Police Force
Chapter 36: In Their Own Voices: African Canadians in Toronto Share Experiences of Police Profiling, Maureen Brown
Chapter 37: The Street Gangs in Prison: “It’s Just a Revolving Door”, Elizabeth Comack, Lawrence Deane, Larry Morrissette, and Jim Silver
Chapter 38: Indigenous Girls and the Violence of Settler Colonial Policing, Jaskiran Dhillon
PART 4 | PRIVILEGES, MARGINALIZATION, AND RESISTANCE
Part 4A Race, Privilege, and Identity
Chapter 39: Identity, Belonging, and the Critique of Pure Sameness, Paul Gilroy
Chapter 40: How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America, Karen Brodkin
Chapter 41: Between Black and White: Exploring the “Biracial” Experience, Kerry Ann Rockquemore
Chapter 42: Language Matters, Vijay Agnew
Chapter 43: How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays, Allan Berube
Part 4B Resisting Racism
Chapter 44: Imperialism, History, Writing, and Theory, Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Chapter 45: Anti-racism, Social Movements, and Civil Society, Cathie Lloyd
Chapter 46: Struggling against History: Migrant Farmworkers Organizing in BC, Adriana Paz Ramirez and Jennifer Jihye Chun
Chapter 47: Idle No More, Pamela Palmater and Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
Chapter 48: We Will Win: Black Lives Matter – Toronto, Sandra Hudson and Yusra Khogali
Copyright Acknowledgements