Not So Black and White
Not So Black and White Is white privilege real? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Does American history begin in 1619 or 1776? Who benefits most, when anti-racists speak in racial terms?These…
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Not So Black and White
Is white privilege real? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Does American history begin in 1619 or 1776?
Who benefits most, when anti-racists speak in racial terms?These very different questions have all emerged from today's heated debates around race, identity and culture. How racist is the working class? The culture wars have generated ferocious argument, but little clarity.
Not So Black and White offers that clarity by taking the long view, explaining the real origins of 'race' in Western thought, and tracing its path from those beginnings to today's fractious world. In doing so, the book upends many accepted views about race, identity, whiteness and privilege.Leading thinker Kenan Malik interweaves three narratives: the history of the idea of race, from the Enlightenment to the present; the historical and current relationship between race and class; and his