After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism

After Race pushes us beyond the old race vs. class debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While agreeing with those who have argued that the concept of race does not have biological validity, they go further to insist that the concept also holds little political, symbolic, or descriptive value when employed in social science and policy research.
Darder and Torres argue for the need to jettison the concept of race, while calling adamantly for the critical study of racism. They maintain that an understanding of structural class inequality is fundamentally germane to comprehending the growing significance of racism in capitalist America.

Author: Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 189
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.98w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780814782699

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2005 pg. 1478

About the Author
Darder, Antonia: - Antonia Darder is professor of educational policy studies and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her books include Culture and Power in the Classroom, Latinos and Education, and The Latino Studies Reader.Torres, Rodolfo D.: - Rodolfo D. Torres is associate professor of Chicano-Latino studies, political science, and planning, policy, and design at the University of California, Irvine. Among his books are Latino Metropolis and Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality.