Whiteness made simple by Dr Lez Henry

Whiteness is an important subject, a process that is rarely mentioned or considered, despite its significance in critical race theory. In short, without whiteness there would be no white supremacy, nor the racism upon which it feeds. This book does exactly what the cover says – it simplifies a complex issue. But the best thing…

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The everyday language of white racism by Jane H. Hill

I first immersed myself in critical race theory scholarship four years ago when I began researching white supremacy for my book, Layers of Blackness: Colourism in the African Diaspora. Since then, I have borne witness to the way that critical race theory, originally developed by lawyers, has been applied to a number of areas from…

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Activists use the blogosphere to fight racism against Afro Cubans

In my book Layers of Blackness :Colourism in the African Diaspora , which examines how the process of discrimination based on skin tone has evolved from slavery and colonialism; chapter five analyzes the system of pigmentocracy in Latin America. Pigmentocracy refers to the social grouping of individuals based on race and colour established by Spanish…

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