Racism: A Global Reader
Racism has existed throughout the world for centuries and has been at the root of innumerable conflicts and human tragedies, including war, genocide, slavery, bigotry, and discrimination. Defined broadly, racism has had many forms and effects, from caste prejudice in India and mass extermination in Tasmania to slavery in the Americas and the Holocaust in Europe. Put simply, racism has been one of the overriding forces in world history. Racism, however, is not monolithic: It has taken many...
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A reader for a college course, compiled by instructors of history, anthropology, and literature. The goal is to help students understand racism as a global problem and transcend the limits of their personal reflection. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordIntroduction and AcknowledgmentsPt. 1Race: Definitions and Problems3You're Smart If You Know What Race You Are6Color's Only Skin Deep: More Scientists Rejecting Race Concept, Saying It's a Social Idea with No Biological Reality8Pt. 2Toward a Definition of Racism: Some Test Cases13From Caste and Race in India16Caste May Be India's Moral Achilles' Heel20In Black and White23The Social Perception of Skin Color in Japan27A History of the Outcaste: Untouchability in Japan38Japan's Forgotten People Try to Make Voices Heard42Pt. 3A Model of Racism: Settler Expansion and the "Internal Other"45From Race and Slavery in the Middle East: An Historical Enquiry52From The Vermilion Bird: T'ang Images of the South58The Origins of Racism in England and Spain62Pt. 4European Settler Society: The Iberian Conquest of the New World71Hispaniola76From Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1500-176079Pt. 5European Settler Colonialism: North America87From Of Plymouth Plantation89Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration94Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America104National Expansion from the Indian Perspective109Pt. 6Settler Racism and Slavery117Race and Racism119Life of an American Slave141From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl166Pt. 7European Settlers in Asia and Ideologies of Racism177From Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance180From The Mismeasure of Man190From Essay on the Inequality of Human Races195The Internal Brand of the Scarlet "W"197Group Definition and the Idea of "Race" in Modern China (1793-1949)207Pt. 8Imperialism and Settler Racism211Racism in the United States and South Africa214From Max Havelaar233From Burmese Days236On the Exclusion of Chinese Workers244Pt. 9Racism Against the "Internal Other": Anti-Semitism249Chronicle252Regulation of the Jewish Community, Florence, 1463256On the Jews, 1543258The Discovery of Anti-Semitism in Vienna260Blacks in Germany During the Third Reich: Star of David Not Required270Pt. 10The Holocaust and Twentieth-Century Genocide273The Armenian Genocide276The Nanking Holocaust: Tragedy, Trauma and Reconciliation289The Nuremberg Laws, 1935309Kristallnacht314Testimony at Nuremberg318Once Chosen, Tribal Elites Now Suffer Consequences321Pt. 11Overcoming Racism in Twentieth-Century Settler Societies325I Have a Dream328For Many Immigrants, Canada's Racial "Mosaic" Pales at Top332Black Power!338From No Future Without Forgiveness343Israeli in Disguise Learns the Anguish of an Arab346Hong Kong Crusaders Against Racism Gain Little Support, Even from Victims350Pt. 12Protecting All Others353From The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews356On the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide360Statement on Race and Racial Prejudice363Toward an End of Blackness: An Argument for the Surrender of Race Consciousness368Aversive Racism and the Need for Affirmative Action377Index383About the Editors401
