PHL 366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Aboriginal Australians, Existentialism
4 Dec 2018
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Lewis r. gordon - racism and anti-black racism. Bad faith - effort to hide from human reality/ourselves. Racist - figure who hides from himself by taking false attitudes towards other races. Anti-black racist - person who holds these attitudes towards black people. People in between are regarded more as one than the other. Preservation of this attitude is a form of bad faith. A child can be shown a person is white and another is black. For him to have this distinction requires an uncritical attitude towards the distinction that influence the child into bad faith. Sense that there are no black or white bodies - just dark and light ones. Eventually take on certain meanings that make it hard not to view a group with certain associations. Blackness and whiteness become essential features (by people who take it too seriously) Value their material feature of their being. In doing so, show the spirit of seriousness.
