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Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Book • 2012
This book, co-authored by sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields, analyzes the concept of 'racecraft,' which compares the social practices of racism to the beliefs of witchcraft.
The authors argue that racism is a social practice that creates the illusion of race, rather than the other way around.
The book is organized into three original essays and six republished essays, critiquing the use of race as a neutral descriptor in American history and highlighting how the ideology of race was invented to justify slavery and other forms of inequality.
It emphasizes that racism is not about individual attitudes or mental states but about social practices and routine behaviors that reinforce racial differences.
The authors argue that racism is a social practice that creates the illusion of race, rather than the other way around.
The book is organized into three original essays and six republished essays, critiquing the use of race as a neutral descriptor in American history and highlighting how the ideology of race was invented to justify slavery and other forms of inequality.
It emphasizes that racism is not about individual attitudes or mental states but about social practices and routine behaviors that reinforce racial differences.
