Rethinking Racism

A gradual shift can be seen in how racism is seen, interpreted and opposed. Instead of seeing it as a small part of a larger problem, it's increasingly viewed as a large, underlying bias that's part of a racialised society designed by, for and about white people. It's so deeply embedded that trying to remove it has proved challenging.

Accusations of racism by both the progressive left and populist right have become increasingly politicized in this age of rupture. Rethinking Racism captures this moment and movement, in which the concept of racism is evolving in response to shifting discourses and emergent realities. Drawing on a wealth of experience in this field and a lifetime of commitment to antiracism, author Augie Fleras challenges the reader to rethink conventional ideas about how we see, think, and debate racism at a time when the concept is difficult to pin down. The book breaks new ground by exploring how racism is framed and tracked, from the visible tip of a racial iceberg to the submerged mass of biases and barriers, rooted in the systems and structures of a racialized society. In framing racism as a default feature rather than a collateral glitch, the book demonstrates how a critically informed approach to antiracism and EDI interventions must acknowledge the inescapable: racism is not just the elephant in the room; the elephant is the room.

Autorentext

A now retired professor of Sociology, Augie Fleras has published extensively across the fi eld of social inequality, including race, immigrant, and Indigenous relations; media and minorities; and multiculturalism. He earned his doctorate in Anthropology and Maori Studies from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. In 2018, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association.

Inhalt

Preface - What Makes Racism, Racism? - Historicizing Racism: An Evolving Idea - Defining Racism, Embracing Complexity - Theorizing Racism: Ideological, Structural, Experiential - Rooting Out Racism: Rethinking Antiracism - "Changing the Lens": Towards a Postracism - References - Index.