In The Afterlife of Race, Lionel McPherson demystifies the Western concept of "race" and reframes race ideology in America as a caste device that sponsors absurd pretexts for inherited slavery, enforced segregation, and the wilful nonrepair of historical injustice. This reframing paves the way for an anti-caste vision of social equality that emphasizes the moral importance of Black American national specificity--not general antiracism, identity politics, or diversity "of color." The result is a non-racial, non-exclusionary account of Black political solidarity that would welcome everyone who…mehr
In The Afterlife of Race, Lionel McPherson demystifies the Western concept of "race" and reframes race ideology in America as a caste device that sponsors absurd pretexts for inherited slavery, enforced segregation, and the wilful nonrepair of historical injustice. This reframing paves the way for an anti-caste vision of social equality that emphasizes the moral importance of Black American national specificity--not general antiracism, identity politics, or diversity "of color." The result is a non-racial, non-exclusionary account of Black political solidarity that would welcome everyone who supports reparative justice for Black American "blacks" as descendants of American slavery.
Lionel K. McPherson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. His research interests include "race," historical injustice, political violence, and moral theory. His articles have appeared in leading philosophy journals. This is his first book.
Inhaltsangabe
Part One: Racial Faiths, Absurd Purposes 1 A Socratic Device 2 Grappling with the Race Concept 3 Some "Race" Things 4 (Sub)continent-Wide Human Types 5 Framing a Racialist Placeholder 6 Racism vs. Racialism: A Marginal Difference 7 How Deep the Egypt Worry Goes 8 From Racial Theology to "Race" Optimism 9 Renewed Race Science 10 Racial Metaphysics of Distraction 11 Enter "Geoancestry" 12 Giving Up the "Race" Ghost Part Two: Decoding "Mixed Race" as American Caste 1 Color-Conscious Identity 2 Not Regular Blacks 3 Negro Blood 4 Caste Impurity 5 The Browning Thesis 6 To Be Legally Not-Black 7 Seeking Separate Social Status 8 A Colored Breed Apart 9 Mixed Family Reunion 10 Slavery Subcaste Drama Part Three: Non-Exclusionary Black (American) Solidarity 1 Social-Political Lineage Matters 2 Plessy on Being Colored 3 Du Bois's Normative Negro 4 Black Specificity in America 5 Elaborating Geoancestry 6 The Very Idea of Black Solidarity 7 Bound by Colored Politics? 8 Anti-Caste Black Solidarity for All 9 Parting Political Thoughts Forgiveness on Layaway: Reflections from South Africa
Part One: Racial Faiths, Absurd Purposes 1 A Socratic Device 2 Grappling with the Race Concept 3 Some "Race" Things 4 (Sub)continent-Wide Human Types 5 Framing a Racialist Placeholder 6 Racism vs. Racialism: A Marginal Difference 7 How Deep the Egypt Worry Goes 8 From Racial Theology to "Race" Optimism 9 Renewed Race Science 10 Racial Metaphysics of Distraction 11 Enter "Geoancestry" 12 Giving Up the "Race" Ghost Part Two: Decoding "Mixed Race" as American Caste 1 Color-Conscious Identity 2 Not Regular Blacks 3 Negro Blood 4 Caste Impurity 5 The Browning Thesis 6 To Be Legally Not-Black 7 Seeking Separate Social Status 8 A Colored Breed Apart 9 Mixed Family Reunion 10 Slavery Subcaste Drama Part Three: Non-Exclusionary Black (American) Solidarity 1 Social-Political Lineage Matters 2 Plessy on Being Colored 3 Du Bois's Normative Negro 4 Black Specificity in America 5 Elaborating Geoancestry 6 The Very Idea of Black Solidarity 7 Bound by Colored Politics? 8 Anti-Caste Black Solidarity for All 9 Parting Political Thoughts Forgiveness on Layaway: Reflections from South Africa
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