Is White Normativity Racist? Michel Foucault and Post-Civil Rights Racism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deepa Bhandaru (University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-244 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/pol.2013.6 |
| OpenAlex | W1979352342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
Even though the American Civil Rights Movement consolidated the norm of racial equality, material inequality between whites and non-whites has persisted. The norm of racial equality, meanwhile, has generated a crisis in locating and combating contemporary racism. Michel Foucault's concept of power and his lesser-known work on racism allow us to think through this crisis. His arguments suggest that racism in the post-Civil Rights era operates largely through the abandonment of non-whites to a state of war, which liberal democratic societies, via the social contract, are organized to prevent. Rather than waging war on non-whites, post-Civil Rights America normalizes whiteness. This normalization exposes non-whites to death or the risk of death by forcing them both to fend for themselves and to battle one another, as well as the elements, in a struggle for survival
Battle · Criminology · Democracy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · State (computer science · State of exception · White supremacy · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |