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Racecraft The Soul of Inequality in American Life

Barbara J. Fields

Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. Sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields argue otherwise: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call “racecraft.” An...

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The Megyn Kelly Show

It was mentioned as a book that explores the idea that racism, rather than inherent differences, is the creator of racial categories. It was discussed as a powerful read.

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That's right, yeah. Explain that. That's a point that's made very powerfully in a book from 2012 called Racecraft, The Soul of Inequality in American Life by two sisters, Barbara and Karen Fields.

— Episode: Thomas Chatterton Williams on the Author...

Episode: Thomas Chatterton Williams on the Authoritarian Le...

It was mentioned as a book that explores the idea that racism, rather than inherent differences, is the creator of racial categories. It was discussed as a powerful read.

"

That's right, yeah. Explain that. That's a point that's made very powerfully in a book from 2012 called Racecraft, The Soul of Inequality in American Life by two sisters, Barbara and Karen Fields.

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