Whiteness and Morality

Pursuing Racial Justice Through Reparations and Sovereignty
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-349-53746-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

Reihe: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Moral Crisis of "Being White" Becoming a "Settler Colonial Nation as well as a Slaveholding One" Becoming Uniquely White "American" The Imperative of Reparations Conclusion: Repentance and Repair - Toward Becoming More Human

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Drake is an associate professor of Religion, Drake University.