Race

Paul Taylor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Assistant Professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington.

Preface. Part I: Theory:. 1. What Race--Thinking Is:. The Language Of Race. What We Mean By a Racea : What Do You Mean, a Wea ?. Modern Racialism: Prehistory And Background. Power, Racial Formation, And Method. Conclusion. 2. Three Challenges To Race--Thinking:. Introduction. The Anti--Racist Challenge, Take 1: Isna t Race--Thinking Unethical?. What Racism Is. Classical Racialism: History And Background. Early Modern Racialism. High Modern, Or Classical, Racialism. The Concept Of Classical Racialism. The Challenge Of Human Variation: Isna t Racial Biology False?. Whata s Wrong With Race. The Challenge Of Social Differentiation: Isna t The Race Concept Just In The Way?. Ethnicity. Nation. Class. Caste. Intersecting Principles: Gender. Conclusion. 3. What Races Are:. Introduction. After Classical Racialism. The U.S. Racial Terrain Today. Varieties Of Racialism: Four Accounts And Ten Questions. What Races Are -- A Radical Constructionista s Story. Ten Questions. Conclusion. Part II: Practice:. 4. Existence, Experience, Elisions:. Introduction. Ethical Eliminativism, For And Against; Or, The Anti--Racist Challenge, Take 2. The Slippery Slope And The Argument From Political Realism. The Argument From Self--Realization. Existence, Identity, And Despair. The Basics. Despair And Terror. Double--Consciousness. Micro--Diversity, Part I. Microdiversity, Part II. In--Between: Illusions Of Purity And Interstitial Peoples. Experience, Invisibility, And Embodiment. The Basics. Invisibility And The Other Mind--Body Problem. From The Ontic To The Ontological. Conclusion. 5. The Color Question:. Introduction. Color And a Courtinga : The Ethics Of Miscegenation. Colorblindness And Affirmative Action. Conclusion. A Note On Further Reading. Endnotes