AF AMER M159P Study Guide - Final Guide: Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Yan Fu, Manifest Destiny
17 Sep 2016
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From racial formation in the united states - omi and winant. *introducing the concept of racial formation de ned as the process by which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed. * the racial project that is believed by the most people with the most power will determine the way race is structured. * neoconservative racial project: claims to white supremacy and need to protect white privilege. * race is an essence: something xed, concrete, objective. * race as an element of social structure and cultural representation. * racial project an interpretation; connects what race means in practice. * see racism as a system of power, and argue that blacks cannot be racist because they lack power. * employ racial formation theory to reformulate the concept of racism. * racial formation allows us to differentiate between race and racism. * ethnocentric attitudes (live and let live views) toward neighboring societies. * culture and skin color not tightly interlinked.
