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The abolition of white democracy / Joel Olson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olson, Joel, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism--Political aspects--United States.
- Racism.
- Race discrimination--Political aspects--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- White people--United States--Politics and government.
- White people.
- White people--Race identity--United States.
- Multiculturalism--United States.
- Multiculturalism.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 197 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Min. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Joel Olson contends that, given the history of slavery and segregation in the United States, American citizenship is a form of racial privilege in which whites are equal to each other but superior to everyone else. To break this pattern, Olson suggests an "abolitionist-democratic" political theory that makes the fight against racial discrimination a prerequisite for expanding democratic participation.
- Contents:
- Introducing the white democracy
- A political theory of race
- The problem of the white citizen
- The peculiar dilemma of whiteness
- The failure of multiculturalism and color blindness
- The abolition-democracy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9557-1
- OCLC:
- 476095554
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