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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253309303321

Autore

McGettigan Timothy

Titolo

A Formula for Eradicating Racism : Debunking White Supremacy / / by Timothy McGettigan, Earl Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-59975-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Ethnicity

Poverty

Sociology

African Americans

Crime—Sociological aspects

Social structure

Equality

Ethnicity Studies

Development Aid

Sociology, general

African American Culture

Crime and Society

Social Structure, Social Inequality

United States Race relations Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half-Title  ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Aesthete Apes; 2 Nature vs. Nurture; 3 The Farce of Race; 4 Scientific Racism; 5 Species vs. Race; 6 A Remedy for Racism; 7 Planet of the Super-Adaptable Apes; 8 Segregated Buses and Redefined Realities; 9 What is Excellence?; Appendix 1-The Origins of Excellence Email Exchange; Appendix 2-The Complete Text of the American Anthropological Association's Statement on "Race" (May 17, 1998); Appendix 3-The United Nation's



Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Tim McGettigan and Earl Smith make the unprecedented argument that racism is a remediable form of suggestion-induced sadism. Smith and McGettigan explain in plain terms how societies like the USA construct racism, and they also explain how societies can dismantle and eradicate racism. When nations declare war, they usually go through ritualized processes of 'othering' their enemies. When nations 'other' their enemies, it becomes much easier to commit the mass murder and when the wars end nations generally go through a ritualized re-normalization processes. Early in its history the USA officially othered people of color. This is best exemplified by the Three-Fifths Compromise, 'excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.' Skin pigment racism has been rampant in the USA ever since because the USA has never formally ceased hostilities against people of color. The authors posit that the USA can eradicate racism by terminating the policies that create a foundation for America's white supremacist racism.