Bonilla-Silva's three race system from Racism without Racist
Oct 19, 2017 14:02:50 GMT
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Post by Canek Phillips on Oct 19, 2017 14:02:50 GMT
Hi,
Racism without Racists is particularly interesting to me because of chapter 9 in the edition I checked out titled "E Pluribus Unum..." In it, Bonilla-Silva introduced a 3 group racial system that he believes we are moving towards in the US similar to what he sees Latin America having. Bonilla-Silva theorized that racial structure necessarily must change around the hegemonic presence of neoliberalism, where race will be closely associated with class as it is in Latin America. Furthermore, his three-race system uses the classification of Whites, Honorary Whites, and Collective Blacks, where racial groups and ethnic groups are oredered into these three categories based (see Fig 9.1) on the collective outcomes of these groups with respect to the effects of class exploitation and skin color. My question is, what are your thoughts on this tri-racial system? Do you see it as the future, or oversimplistic? I for one see it as brilliant and a much-needed understanding of the role of exploitation in the creation of race, since race is first and foremost about the creation whiteness to attain free labor from non-White groups. However, a Marxist view of race is also an incomplete and lacking view of race, so I was wondering that the class has to say.
Cheers,
Canek Phillips (P'urepecha)
canek.phillips@gmail.com
Racism without Racists is particularly interesting to me because of chapter 9 in the edition I checked out titled "E Pluribus Unum..." In it, Bonilla-Silva introduced a 3 group racial system that he believes we are moving towards in the US similar to what he sees Latin America having. Bonilla-Silva theorized that racial structure necessarily must change around the hegemonic presence of neoliberalism, where race will be closely associated with class as it is in Latin America. Furthermore, his three-race system uses the classification of Whites, Honorary Whites, and Collective Blacks, where racial groups and ethnic groups are oredered into these three categories based (see Fig 9.1) on the collective outcomes of these groups with respect to the effects of class exploitation and skin color. My question is, what are your thoughts on this tri-racial system? Do you see it as the future, or oversimplistic? I for one see it as brilliant and a much-needed understanding of the role of exploitation in the creation of race, since race is first and foremost about the creation whiteness to attain free labor from non-White groups. However, a Marxist view of race is also an incomplete and lacking view of race, so I was wondering that the class has to say.
Cheers,
Canek Phillips (P'urepecha)
canek.phillips@gmail.com