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Does White Supremacy Explain Racial Inequality?

  • Published In: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2024, v. 105, n. 4. P. 468 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: O'Donnell, Patrick 3 of 3

Abstract

Yes. I defend this claim against the charge of race reductionism and the charge that 'white interests' cannot figure meaningfully into structural explanations of racial inequality. We then distinguish two explanatory roles for white supremacy. The racial role approach attempts to trace the causal effects of white supremacy's normative white/non‐white hierarchy on life chances. The racial materialism approach treats racial inequality as an emergent feature of social orders which depend on conventional racial divisions in labor performance. Each approach emphasizes a different level of explanation for the same basic fact: white interests both drive and are served by racial inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 2024/12, Vol. 105, Issue 4, p468
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Political Science
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0279-0750
  • DOI:10.1111/papq.12470
  • Accession Number:181259893
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