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Author Gaffney, Karen, 1972- author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
PDF
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."--Provided by publisher
Contents Introduction: Read This First -- Step 1. Chip Away at the False Ideology That Race Is Biological -- Step 2. See the Racism Machine -- Step 3. Examine the Racism Machine's Powerful Mechanisms -- Step 4. Analyze the Racism Machine's Recalibration After the Civil Rights Movement -- Step 5. Take Apart the Racism Machine.
Access Concurrent user level: 1 user
Subject Racism.
Racism.
Critical race theory.
Critical race theory.
Racial justice -- Study and teaching.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Racial justice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Instructional and educational works.
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Subject Racism.
Critical race theory.
ISBN 9781315178004 (electronic book)
1315178001 (electronic book)
9781138037212 (electronic book)
1138037214 (electronic book)