A View of Racism: 2016 and America’s Original Sin

Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin

doi:https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v13i1.253

Volume 13, Number 1
March 2018

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A View of Racism: 2016 and America’s Original Sin

Volume 13, Number 1, March 2018, Pages 53–72

https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v13i1.253

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Abstract

This article takes a close look at familiar philosophical analyses of racism and argues that they have two shortcomings: (1) they do not offer proper guidance in combating racism, and (2) they misrepresent the analytical relationship between race and racism. A different view of racism, one that adopts a genealogical, as opposed to analytical, approach is laid out. And it is argued that this view is better able to account for what racism is and guide anti-racist efforts.

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