Alberto G Urquidez
Biographic Data
| ID | 5966550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto G Urquidez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto G |
| FAMILY NAME | Urquidez |
| SIGNATURE | URQUIDEZ A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Institutional Racism without Racist Ideology
This paper critically assesses Tommie Shelby’s Marxist definition of racism as a kind of ideology. I argue that institutional racism does not necessarily presuppose the Marxist idea of racist ideology, although it always presupposes the idea of race. The idea of race that is necessary to account for institutional racism is clarified. This paper has three main sections. I first analyze (in §1) the Marxist conception of ideology and explain its rel…
Racism without racists’
Sally Haslanger's notion of ‘pure structural oppression’ is the idea of an institution or structure that is unjust independent of any and all agential wrongdoing, and for which no agent is liable. Haslanger argues that pure structural oppression is possible, but she does not defend it as a viable phenomenon in the actual world. The rough equivalent of ‘pure structural oppression’ in the racial domain is the ‘racism without racists hypothesis’. Th…
Reply to My Critics
A Revisionist Theory of Racism
(Re-)Defining Racism
What Accounts of ‘Racism’ Do
Jorge Garcia and the Ordinary Use of "Racist Belief"
Wittgenstein’s “grammatical method” analyzes multiple uses of language across contexts of use, with the aim of identifying differences and dissolving conceptual confusion. This paper uses Wittgenstein’s method to undermine Jorge L. A. Garcia’s volitional account of racism. Garcia claims that his theory accommodates the ordinary use of terms like “racist belief.” However, he did not consider whether such terms might have multiple uses/meanings. My…
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Jorge Garcia and the Ordinary Use of "Racist Belief"
Wittgenstein’s “grammatical method” analyzes multiple uses of language across contexts of use, with the aim of identifying differences and dissolving conceptual confusion. This paper uses Wittgenstein’s method to undermine Jorge L. A. Garcia’s volitional account of racism. Garcia claims that his theory accommodates the ordinary use of terms like “racist belief.” However, he did not consider whether such terms might have multiple uses/meanings. My…
What Accounts of ‘Racism’ Do
A Revisionist Theory of Racism
(Re-)Defining Racism
Reply to My Critics
Racism without racists’
Sally Haslanger's notion of ‘pure structural oppression’ is the idea of an institution or structure that is unjust independent of any and all agential wrongdoing, and for which no agent is liable. Haslanger argues that pure structural oppression is possible, but she does not defend it as a viable phenomenon in the actual world. The rough equivalent of ‘pure structural oppression’ in the racial domain is the ‘racism without racists hypothesis’. Th…
Institutional Racism without Racist Ideology
This paper critically assesses Tommie Shelby’s Marxist definition of racism as a kind of ideology. I argue that institutional racism does not necessarily presuppose the Marxist idea of racist ideology, although it always presupposes the idea of race. The idea of race that is necessary to account for institutional racism is clarified. This paper has three main sections. I first analyze (in §1) the Marxist conception of ideology and explain its rel…
Sociology (7 works) · Racism (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)