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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814347503321

Autore

Olson Joel <1967->

Titolo

The abolition of white democracy [[electronic resource] /] / Joel Olson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Min. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8166-9557-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 197 pages)

Disciplina

323.173

Soggetti

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

United States Race relations Political aspects

United States Politics and government

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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" political theory that makes the fight against racial discrimination a prerequisite for expanding democratic participation.