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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 February 2023
- ISBN 9780197622124
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 211x146x24 mm
- Weight 494 g
- Language English 277
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Short description:
In A Realistic Blacktopia, political philosopher Derrick Darby challenges the "small tent" approach to racial justice by examining U.S. Supreme Court cases on education and voting rights arguing that they hold general lessons about the limits of racial politics. Securing racial justice in racist America calls for "big tent" remedies, and Darby argues that pursuing non-race-specific remedies with maximal democratic inclusion is a necessary strategy for mitigating racial inequality and achieving racial justice.
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The United States is dogged by racism and racial disparities in income, wealth, health, education, and criminal justice. Philosophers disagree on what kind of politics is needed to address this problem. Do we pursue race-specific remedies to undo racism or do we assume the permanence of racism and opt for non-race-specific remedies in pursuit of a more egalitarian society? Paradoxically, the way to make racial progress in racist America is to downplay race.
In A Realistic Blacktopia, political philosopher Derrick Darby challenges the "small tent" approach by examining U.S. Supreme Court cases on education and voting rights arguing that they hold general lessons about the limits of racial politics. Securing racial justice in racist America calls for "big tent" remedies, and Darby argues that pursuing non-race-specific remedies with maximal democratic inclusion is a necessary strategy for mitigating racial inequality and achieving racial justice.
A Realistic Blacktopia offers clarity on how racism persists, contrary to claims that America is a postracial society. Explaining why the myth of postracialism cannot be ignored in crafting remedies for racial inequality, Darby supplies a principled pragmatic proposal for achieving racial justice. Drawing on the political thought of Martin Luther King Jr., W. E. B. Du Bois, and the black radical tradition, Darby also explains why achieving racial justice requires inclusive democracy.
How can we enlarge the freedom and enhance the life prospects of African Americans when so many people are convinced that racism is no longer a serious problem? Derrick Darby answers this urgent question with an enlightening blend of philosophical argument and empirical evidence. He not only offers a practical and powerful response to the enduring significance of racism in the United States but also forcefully challenges progressive thinkers and activists to reconsider their usual policy proposals and strategies of resistance. An essential contribution to Black philosophy.
Table of Contents:
Introduction:
Taking a Hard-Eyed View of Racism
Part I The Demise of Small Tent Remedies
1 Affirmative Action
2 Voting Rights
3 Racial Reparations
Part II The Dawn of Big Tent Remedies
4 Black Liberalism Can't Save Us
5 Postracial Remedies
6 Collective Responsibility
Part III The Demand for Democracy
7 Power to the People
8 Making Voting Easier
9 The Dignity of Voting
Epilogue:
Democracy Born of Struggle
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
