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Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist - Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism (Hardcover)
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Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist - Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism (Hardcover)
Series: Philosophy of Race
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"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.
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