A Field Guide to White Supremacy

A Field Guide to White Supremacy
ISBN-10
0520382528
ISBN-13
9780520382527
Category
History
Pages
421
Language
English
Published
2021-10-26
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Kathleen Belew, Ramón A. Gutiérrez

Description

It is not a matter of argument among the vast majority of scholars, but of demonstrable fact. White supremacy includes both individual prejudice and, for instance, the long history of the disproportionate incarceration of people of color. It describes a legal system still predisposed towards racial inequality even when judge, counsel, and jurors abjure racism at the individual level. It is collective and individual. It is old and immediate. Some white supremacists turn to violence, but there are also a lot of people who are individually white supremacist-some openly so-and reject violence. This Field Guide proposes that a better understanding of hate groups, white supremacy, and the ways that racism and patriarchy have braided into our laws and systems can help people to tell, and understand, better stories. .

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