Boomerang ethics : how racism affects us all / Joseph Mensah & Christopher J. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mensah, Joseph, 1960- author.

Williams, Christopher J., 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Racism.

Race discrimination.

Social ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing, [2017]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"The fact that racism has adverse effects on Blacks and other minorities is obvious. But what is not so obvious are the hidden impacts of racism on all members of society, including white people. Joseph Mensah and Christopher J. Williams argue that ethics of altruism and social justice are inadequate to curb racism because they neglect the impact of racism on whites. Just like a boomerang, acts of hatred and racism against people of colour and even unsolicited and sometimes unconscious exertions of white privilege ultimately come back to harm almost everyone in society. Timely and incredibly important, Boomerang Ethics is a much-needed resource in the fight against racism because it does not gloss over the self-interests of members of the privileged, who ultimately have the power to help alleviate racism."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Boomerang Ethics: How Racism Hurts Us All 1

Background 1

Boomerang Ethics: Objective and Underlying Assumptions 4

Is Racism a Matter of Conspiracy or Not? 10

Empirical and Theoretical Approach 13

Are the Authors "Dead" or "Alive"? 18

Social Locations, Perspectives and Potential Bias 21

2 Social Structure, Culture and Cognition: Critical Theorizations of Race and Racism 26

Rearing Ugly Heads: Racism, Human Hierarchies and Institutional Dominance 31

Bottom of the Barrel: Taking Stock of Anti-Black Racism 34

3 The First Boomerang: Racial Segregation and Ethnic Enclaves in Urban Canada 39

Theorizing the Residential Pattern of Immigrants 43

Understanding the Complexity of Immigrant Residential Patterns: A Typology 45

The Geography of Blacks in Canada 48

Blacks in the Context of the City of Toronto's Priority Neighbourhoods 56

Exploring the Consequences 61

4 The Second Boomerang: On Racism in the Labour Market and Its Impacts 78

Ethno-Racial Inequities in the Canadian Job Market 79

Understanding How Racism Plays Out in the Canadian Labour Market 87

Impacts on Blacks and Other Minorities 98

Boomerang Effects on Whites and Society as a Whole 100

Impacts on Society as a Whole 118

Conclusion 121

5 The Third Boomerang: Bad Medicine - Death, Disease and Racism 123

Prejudicial Prisms: Biology, Culture and the Imposition of Racial Meanings 125

Tragic Treatment: Misdiagnoses or Non-diagnoses 128

Multiplying Maladies: The Broad Impacts of Racism on Health 130

6 The Fourth Boomerang: How Racism in Education Ricochets to Hurt Us All 139

The Bell Curve: Science or Pseudoscience 140

The Ogbu Framework 150

Cummins' Integrative Framework 154

Blacks in the Canadian Education System 157

Manifestations of Racism in Canadian Schools 160

Consequences 163

7 The Fifth Boomerang: Racism in Sports - A Snake Chewing on Its Own Tail 175

Sports and the Black Atlantic: A Case against Methodological Nationalism 178

The Role of Sports in Society 180

Drawbacks of Sports 184

Blacks in Canadian Sport: Past and Present 186

Manifestations of Racism in Canadian Sport 194

Consequences and Their Boomerang Effects 210

The Case of a Snake Chewing on Its Tail 212

8 The Sixth Boomerang: Baleful Consequence 216

Racism in the Criminal Justice System - Targeted and Tagged: The Impact of Negative Credentials 220

Criminal Justice Racism as Multilateral Malignancy 222

Anyone Can Get It: Whites as Victims of Anti-Black Racism 229

9 Summary, Lessons and Ways Forward 231

Summary of Key Arguments and Findings 232

Overarching Lessons 239

Ways Forward 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and index.

Other Format:

Mensah, Joseph, 1960- Boomerang ethics.

ISBN:

9781552668863

155266886X

OCLC:

987796409

Publisher Number:

99973903907