The abolition of white democracy /

The abolition of white democracy / Joel Olson.

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Joel Olson contends that, given the history of slavery and segregation in the United States, American citizenship is a form of racial privilege in which whites are equal to each other but superior to everyone else. To break this pattern, Olson suggests an "abolitionist-democratic" politica...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Olson, Joel, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Min. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Racism > Political aspects > United States.
Race discrimination > Political aspects > United States.
Democracy > United States.
White people > United States > Politics and government.
White people > Race identity > United States.
Multiculturalism > United States.
Democracy.
Multiculturalism.
Politics and government
Race discrimination > Political aspects.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Racism > Political aspects.
White people > Politics and government.
White people > Race identity.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing the white democracy
  • A political theory of race
  • The problem of the white citizen
  • The peculiar dilemma of whiteness
  • The failure of multiculturalism and color blindness
  • The abolition-democracy.

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