Racecraft : the soul of inequality in American life / Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields.

"Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. Sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields argue otherwise: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call "rac...

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Main Author: Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945-
Other Authors: Fields, Barbara Jeanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Verso, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • A tour of racecraft
  • Individual stories and America's collective past
  • Of rogues and geldings
  • Slavery, race, and ideology in the United States of America
  • Origins of the new south and the negro question
  • What one cannot remember mistakenly
  • Witchcraft and racecraft : invisible ontology in its sensible manifestations
  • Individuality and the intellectuals : an imaginary conversation between Emile Durkheim and W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Conclusion : racecraft and inequality.