Dismantling the racism machine : a manual and toolbox / Karen Gaffney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaffney, Karen, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism.

Physical Description:

ix, 213 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

While scholars have been developing valuable research on race and racism for decades, this work does not often reach the beginning college student or the general public, who rarely learn a basic history of race and racism. If we are to dismantle systemic racism and create a more just society, people need a place to begin. This accessible, introductory, and interdisciplinary guide can be one such place. Grounded in critical race theory, this book uses the metaphor of the Racism Machine to highlight that race is a social construct and that racism is a system of oppression based on invented racial categories. It debunks the false ideology that race is biological. As a manual, this book presents clear instructions for understanding the history of race, including whiteness, starting in colonial America, where the elite created a hierarchy of racial categories to maintain their power through a divide-and-conquer strategy. As a toolbox, this book provides a variety of specific action steps that readers can take once they have developed a foundational understanding of the history of white supremacy, a history that includes how the Racism Machine has been recalibrated to perpetuate racism in a supposedly "post-racial" era. Book jacket.

Contents:

Step 1 Chip Away at the False Ideology That Race Is Biological 11

Step 2 See the Racism Machine 49

Step 3 Examine the Racism Machine's Powerful Mechanisms 76

Step 4 Analyze the Racism Machine's Recalibration After the Civil Rights Movement 109

Step 5 Take Apart the Racism Machine 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138037229

9781138037212

1138037214

1138037222

OCLC:

991836895

Publisher Number:

99975431445