Dismantling the Racism Machine A Manual and Toolbox
Auteur : Gaffney Karen
While scholars have been developing valuable research on race and racism for decades, this work does not often reach the beginning college student or the general public, who rarely learn a basic history of race and racism. If we are to dismantle systemic racism and create a more just society, people need a place to begin. This accessible, introductory, and interdisciplinary guide can be one such place. Grounded in critical race theory, this book uses the metaphor of the Racism Machine to highlight that race is a social construct and that racism is a system of oppression based on invented racial categories. It debunks the false ideology that race is biological. As a manual, this book presents clear instructions for understanding the history of race, including whiteness, starting in colonial America, where the elite created a hierarchy of racial categories to maintain their power through a divide-and-conquer strategy. As a toolbox, this book provides a variety of specific action steps that readers can take once they have developed a foundational understanding of the history of white supremacy, a history that includes how the Racism Machine has been recalibrated to perpetuate racism in a supposedly "post-racial" era.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Read This First
Step 1: Chip Away at the False Ideology that Race is Biological
Step 2: See the Racism Machine
Step 3: Examine the Racism Machine’s Powerful Mechanisms
Step 4: Analyze the Racism Machine’s Recalibration after the Civil Rights Movement
Step 5: Take Apart the Racism Machine
Date de parution : 11-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 11-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Thèmes de Dismantling the Racism Machine :
Mots-clés :
Racism Machine; Racial Wealth Gap; social justice; Latinx People; CRT Scholar; Film 13th; Model Minority Stereotype; False Ideology; Median Net Worth; LGBTQ People; Model Minority; Biological Races; TED Talk; Bell’s Story; Census Enumerator; Criminal Justice Facts; Human Biological Races; Forensic DNA; Model Minority Myth; Domestic Slave Trade; LGBTQ Identity; European Indentured Servants; Racial Justice; Civil Rights Scholarship; National Academy; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program