Rethinking racial progress
A response to Wimmer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11634953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Ray (0000-0002-7929-4173, Department of Sociology, The University of Tennessee–Knoxville, Knoxville, USA, corresponding author), Louise Seamster (0000-0001-5462-2292, Duke University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1361-1369 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1151540 |
| OpenAlex | W2387269814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 39 |
Recent debates on racial progress in the pages of Ethnic and Racial Studies suffer from an under-theorization of the notion of progress. In this article, we draw on a well-known theory from medical sociology to argue that racism is a 'fundamental cause' of social inequality. The proximate causes of racial inequality have historically changed, but basic relations of sub- and superordination have been remarkably stable. Seeing racism as a fundamental cause allows theorists to explain both continuity and change in racial inequality better than theories that rely on an implicitly linear notion of racial progress
Criminology · Economics · Epistemology · Inequality · Positive economics · Psychometrics of racism · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |