ISSN:
0141-9870
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Ethnic and racial studies : ERS
Publ. der Quelle:
London [u.a.] : Routledge
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 39, No. 8 (2016), p. 1436
DDC:
390
Abstract:
I suggest that despite its conceptual and empirical ambitions, The Cultural Matrix is a book painfully out of touch with the times. Far from avoiding the racist assumptions of sociologists who portrayed African-Americans as socially and culturally deficient for most of the twentieth century, The Cultural Matrix is vulnerable to some of the same anti-black impulses that have animated social analysis since the establishment of the discipline. Specifically, I argue that the Patterson and Fosse engage in what I call 'kindler, gentler pathologizing' - a way of depicting African-Americans as responsible for their own uplift, while still paying lip service to the structural barriers imposed by racism. Further, I explain the role of racial asymmetries in producing a portrait of black youth that minimizes racism. Finally, I discuss the authors' arguments in light of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Note:
Copyright: © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2016
DOI:
10.1080/01419870.2016.1153695
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2016.1153695
URL:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1789067298
