Interdisciplinary reflections on the resilience of racial constructs
Why are racial constructs so resilient in the USA? This article proposes that the resilience of pernicious racial constructs in the Western world can be explained in part by people’s predilection for the bounded-set race schema and that any constructive attempt at addressing racism should acknowledg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Missiology
Year: 2016, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-206 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | Why are racial constructs so resilient in the USA? This article proposes that the resilience of pernicious racial constructs in the Western world can be explained in part by people’s predilection for the bounded-set race schema and that any constructive attempt at addressing racism should acknowledge the reality that people are intrinsically category-makers. Part of the solution then involves encouraging greater awareness of category-building strategies, aided and informed by positive intergroup contact and experiences. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829615625639 |