| Description |
x, 247 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity
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Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Denaturalizing common sense : Introduction : Reconsidering racism and theory -- Restructuring a theory of racism -- Part II. Denaturalizing the nation-state : The racial constitution of the U.S. empire-state -- The racial unconscious of assimilation theories -- Part III. Denaturalizing ignorance : Symbolic coercion and a massacre of Filipinos -- Symbolic perversity and the mass suffering of Blacks -- Conclusion : denaturalizing racisms present and future. |
| Summary |
"Racism has never been simple. It wasn't more obvious in the past, and it isn't less potent now. From the birth of the United States to the contemporary police shooting death of an unarmed Black youth, Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy investigates ingrained practices of racism, as well as unquestioned assumptions in the study of racism, to upend and deepen our understanding. In Moon-Kie Jung's unsettling book, Dred Scott v. Sandford, the notorious 1857 Supreme Court case, casts a shadow over current immigration debates and the "war on terror." The story of a 1924 massacre of Filipino sugar workers in Hawai'i pairs with statistical relentlessness of Black economic suffering to shed light on hidden dimensions of mass ignorance and indifference. The histories of Asians, Blacks, Latina/os, and Natives relate in knotty ways. State violence and colonialism come to the fore in taking measure of the United States, past and present, while the undue importance of assimilation and colorblindness recedes. Ultimately, Jung challenges the dominant racial common sense and develops new concepts and theory for radically rethinking and resisting racisms."--Publisher's web site. |
| Subject |
Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Minorities. |
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Social conditions. |
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Minorities -- Social conditions. |
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Racism. |
| ISBN |
080478938X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804795193 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804789387 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804795197 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804795227 (electronic) |
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