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- catalog abstract ""Not all racial incidents are racist incidents," Lawrence Blum says. "We need a more varied and nuanced moral vocabulary for talking about the arena of race. We should not be faced with a choice of 'racism' or nothing." Use of the word "racism" is pervasive: An article about the NAACP's criticism of television networks for casting too few "minority" actors in lead roles asks, "Is television a racist institution?" A white girl in Virginia says it is racist for her African-American teacher to wear African attire. Blum argues that a growing tendency to castigate as "racism" everything that goes wrong in the racial domain reduces the term's power to evoke moral outrage. In "I'm Not a Racist, But ...," Blum develops a historically grounded account of "racism" as the deeply morally charged notion it has become. He addresses the question whether people of color can be racist, defines types of racism, and identifies debased and inappropriate usages of the term. Though racial insensitivity, racial anxiety, racial ignorance, and racial injustice are, in his view, not "racism," they are racial ills that should elicit moral concern. Blum argues that "race" itself is a morally destructive idea, implying moral distance and unequal worth. History and genetic science reveal both the avoidability and the falsity of the idea of race. Blum argues that we can give up the idea of race but must recognize that racial groups' historical and social experience has been shaped by having been treated as if they were races.".
- catalog contributor b12285221.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Not all racial incidents are racist incidents," Lawrence Blum says. "We need a more varied and nuanced moral vocabulary for talking about the arena of race. We should not be faced with a choice of 'racism' or nothing." Use of the word "racism" is pervasive: An article about the NAACP's criticism of television networks for casting too few "minority" actors in lead roles asks, "Is television a racist institution?" A white girl in Virginia says it is racist for her African-American teacher to wear African attire. Blum argues that a growing tendency to castigate as "racism" everything that goes wrong in the racial domain reduces the term's power to evoke moral outrage. In "I'm Not a Racist, But ...," Blum develops a historically grounded account of "racism" as the deeply morally charged notion it has become. He addresses the question whether people of color can be racist, defines types of racism, and identifies debased and inappropriate usages of the term. Though racial insensitivity, racial anxiety, racial ignorance, and racial injustice are, in his view, not "racism," they are racial ills that should elicit moral concern. Blum argues that "race" itself is a morally destructive idea, implying moral distance and unequal worth. History and genetic science reveal both the avoidability and the falsity of the idea of race. Blum argues that we can give up the idea of race but must recognize that racial groups' historical and social experience has been shaped by having been treated as if they were races.".
- catalog description "1. "Racism" : its core meaning -- 2. Can Blacks be racist -- 3. Varieties of racial ills -- 4. Racial discrimination and color blindness -- 5. "Race" : what we mean and what we think we mean -- 6. "Race" : a brief history, with moral implications -- 7. Do races exist -- 8. Racialized groups and social constructions -- 9. Should we try to give up race?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 259 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "I'm not a racist, but--".
- catalog identifier "0801438691 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "I'm not a racist, but--".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "I'm not a racist, but--".
- catalog subject "305.8 21".
- catalog subject "HT1523 .B58 2002".
- catalog subject "Race discrimination.".
- catalog subject "Racism Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Social ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. "Racism" : its core meaning -- 2. Can Blacks be racist -- 3. Varieties of racial ills -- 4. Racial discrimination and color blindness -- 5. "Race" : what we mean and what we think we mean -- 6. "Race" : a brief history, with moral implications -- 7. Do races exist -- 8. Racialized groups and social constructions -- 9. Should we try to give up race?".
- catalog title ""I'm not a racist, but..." : the moral quandary of race / Lawrence Blum.".
- catalog type "text".