Race And Racialization Essay
Introduction
To quote Alejandro Colás (2007, p. 117), “the racialisation of culture is central to the construction of imperial civilization.” Racialisation is the process by which one conceives and relates to an individual or a group on the basis of his or their presumed race; applied to Empires, it raises the question of races and their place in the imperial structure. After all, the European colonial empires are often cited as the source of all modern racism.
Abernethy’s (2000, p. 19) definition of an empire is as “a relationship of domination and subordination between one polity (metropole) and one or more territories (colonies) that lie outside the metropole’s boundaries yet are claimed as its lawful possessions.”
This essay will ask the question of how the concept of race participates in this claim of …show more content…
E. G., African Age: ‘The Colonization of Africa’, accessed 16 March 2013,
Kiernan, V. G. (1972), The Lords of Human Kind. Harmondsworth: Pelican.
Lockwood. D. (1970), ‘Race, Conflict, and Plural Society’, in S. Zubaida (ed), Race and Racialism. London: Tavistock Publications Publications.
Malik, K. (1996), The meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society. New York: New York University Press.
Mamdani, M. (1996), Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Mamdani, M. (2001), When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism & the Genocide in Rwanda. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Mason, P. (1971), Patterns of Dominance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bibliography
Benedict, R. (1983), Race and Racism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Dua. E., Razack. N., and Warner. J.N., (2005), ‘Social Justice’, Race, Racism, and Empire: Reflections on Canada, Vol. 32, No. 4: pp. 1-10.
Findlay, R. and O 'Rourke, K. H. (2007), Power and plenty: trade, war, and the world economy in the second millennium. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
To quote Alejandro Colás (2007, p. 117), “the racialisation of culture is central to the construction of imperial civilization.” Racialisation is the process by which one conceives and relates to an individual or a group on the basis of his or their presumed race; applied to Empires, it raises the question of races and their place in the imperial structure. After all, the European colonial empires are often cited as the source of all modern racism.
Abernethy’s (2000, p. 19) definition of an empire is as “a relationship of domination and subordination between one polity (metropole) and one or more territories (colonies) that lie outside the metropole’s boundaries yet are claimed as its lawful possessions.”
This essay will ask the question of how the concept of race participates in this claim of …show more content…
E. G., African Age: ‘The Colonization of Africa’, accessed 16 March 2013,
Kiernan, V. G. (1972), The Lords of Human Kind. Harmondsworth: Pelican.
Lockwood. D. (1970), ‘Race, Conflict, and Plural Society’, in S. Zubaida (ed), Race and Racialism. London: Tavistock Publications Publications.
Malik, K. (1996), The meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society. New York: New York University Press.
Mamdani, M. (1996), Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Mamdani, M. (2001), When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism & the Genocide in Rwanda. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Mason, P. (1971), Patterns of Dominance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bibliography
Benedict, R. (1983), Race and Racism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Dua. E., Razack. N., and Warner. J.N., (2005), ‘Social Justice’, Race, Racism, and Empire: Reflections on Canada, Vol. 32, No. 4: pp. 1-10.
Findlay, R. and O 'Rourke, K. H. (2007), Power and plenty: trade, war, and the world economy in the second millennium. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University