In acknowledging the possibility that as the world changes so too does racism, this book argues that racism is not disappearing, despite claims of living in a post-racial and multicultural world. To the contrary, racisms persist by transforming into different forms whose intent or effects remain the same: to deny and disallow as well as to exclude and exploit. Racisms in a Multicultural Canada is organized around the assumption that race is not simply a set of categories and that racism is not just a collection of individuals with bad attitudes. Rather, racism is as much a matter of interests as of attitudes, of property as of prejudice, of structural advantage as of personal failing, of whiteness as of the "other," of discourse as of discrimination, and of unequal power relations as of bigotry. This multi-dimensionality of racism complicates the challenge of formulating anti-racism and anti-colonialist strategies capable of addressing it. Employing a critical framework that puts politics and power at the centre of analysis, this book focuses on why racisms proliferate, how they work in contemporary societies, and how the way we think and talk about racism changes over time. Specifically, it examines the working of contemporary racisms in a multicultural Canada that claims to abide by principles of multiculturalism and a commitment to a post-racial society.
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ISBN:1554589533
ISBN:9781554589531
ISBN:155458955X
ISBN:9781554589555
ISBN:1554589541
ISBN:9781554589548
Physical Description:1 online resource remote
Publisher:Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-317) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Reappraising Racism -- ch. 1 The Politics of Racism: Evolving Realities, Shifting Discourses -- ch. 2 Reconceptualizing Racism: From Racism 1.0 to Racisms 2.0 -- ch. 3 The Riddles of Race -- ch. 4 Deconstructing Racism: Prejudice, Discrimination, Power -- Section 2 How Racisms Work: Sectors and Expressions -- ch. 5 Interpersonal Racisms -- ch. 6 Institutional Racisms -- ch. 7 Ideological Racisms -- ch. 8 Infrastructural Racisms -- ch. 9 Ivory Tower Racisms: An Intersectoral Analysis -- Section 3 Explaining Racisms, Erasing Racisms -- ch. 10 Contesting Racisms: Causes, Continuities, Costs, and Consequences -- ch. 11 Rooting Out Racisms: Anti-racism Interventions -- ch. 12 Official Multiculturalism: Anti-racism or Another Racism? -- ch. 13 Summary and Conclusion: Inconvenient Truths/Comforting Fictions.
Summary: In acknowledging the possibility that as the world changes so too does racism, this book argues that racism is not disappearing, despite claims of living in a post-racial and multicultural world. To the contrary, racisms persist by transforming into different forms whose intent or effects remain the same: to deny and disallow as well as to exclude and exploit. Racisms in a Multicultural Canada is organized around the assumption that race is not simply a set of categories and that racism is not just a collection of individuals with bad attitudes. Rather, racism is as much a matter of interests as of attitudes, of property as of prejudice, of structural advantage as of personal failing, of whiteness as of the "other," of discourse as of discrimination, and of unequal power relations as of bigotry. This multi-dimensionality of racism complicates the challenge of formulating anti-racism and anti-colonialist strategies capable of addressing it. Employing a critical framework that puts politics and power at the centre of analysis, this book focuses on why racisms proliferate, how they work in contemporary societies, and how the way we think and talk about racism changes over time. Specifically, it examines the working of contemporary racisms in a multicultural Canada that claims to abide by principles of multiculturalism and a commitment to a post-racial society.
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