Colorblindness, Post-raciality, and Whiteness in the United States

by Sherrow O. Pinder

Overview

This book problematizes the ways in which the discourses of colorblindness and post-raciality are articulated in the age of Obama. Pinder debunks the myth that race does not matter and reconsiders the presumptive hegemony of whiteness through the dialectics of visibility and invisibility of race.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137434883
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Sherrow O. Pinder is Professor of Political Science and Multicultural and Gender Studies at California State University, Chico. She is the author of The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Americanization, De-Americanization, and Racialized Ethnic Groups (2013).

Table of Contents

1. The Epigrammatic Layout of the Argument
2. Conceptual Framework
3. Colorblindness and its Problematics
4. Postraciality and the Meaning of Race and Racism
5. Whiteness and the Future of Race Relations
6. Seeing Through Colorblindness and Postraciality

Editorial Reviews

"Sherrow Pinder's cogent and compelling critique of recent discourses surrounding postraciality and colorblindness makes a major contribution to the evolving scholarship on whiteness studies and critical race theory. A must read for diverse audiences navigating the complex racial politics of contemporary US cultures." - Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director of the Women's Center and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies, Spelman College, USA

"This book becomes a necessity as it explains in academic terms how terrible crimes can still be committed against fellow Americans. Pinder is academically innovative and timely in the analysis of the malignancy of whiteness shaped by white entitlement. This book should be taught at all colleges and universities in the United States to make it impossible for young Americans to proclaim that they are threatened by their fellow compatriots. It is time that the United States assumes responsibility for all of its citizens." - Thelma Pinto, Retired Professor of Africana Studies; Former Co-director of the Africana Studies Program at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, USA; Past president of the African Literature Association and a board member of Wagadu (journal for Transnational Women's and Gender Studies).

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