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The Deep Ideological Origins of Critical Race Theory | James Lindsay

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The Racial Contract

Charles Mills argues that a racial contract underwrites the modern social contract. The purpose of the racial contract is, quote, to secure the privileges and advantages of full white citizens; maintain the subordinations of non-whites. To achieve this purpose, there is a need to perpetuate ignorance and to misinterpret the world as it really is," he says. "That such ignorance is socially sanctioned is of extreme significance"

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