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- Title
Contemporary "Structures" of Racism: A Sartrean Contribution to Resisting Racial Injustice.
- Authors
FUGO, JUSTIN I.
- Abstract
This paper develops an account of racism as rooted in social structural processes. Using Sartre, I attempt to give a general analysis of what I refer to as the "structures" of our social world, namely the practico-inert, serial collectives, and social groups. I then apply this analysis to expose and elucidate "racist structures," specifically those that are oftentimes assumed to be 'race neutral'. By highlighting structures of racial oppression and domination, I aim to justify: 1) the imperative of creating conditions free from oppression and domination, over the adherence to 'ideal' principles which perpetuate racial injustice; 2) the shared responsibility we have collectively to resist and transform social structural processes that continue to produce racial injustice.
- Subjects
SARTRE, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980; SOCIAL groups; JUSTICE; SOCIAL processes; RACISM
- Publication
Sartre Studies International, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 2, p57
- ISSN
1357-1559
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/ssi.2019.250205