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White ignorance and complicit responsibility : transforming collective harm beyond the punishment paradigm /

White Ignorance and Complicit Responsibility addresses the problem of white denial. Rejecting punitive moralities that reproduce white innocence and encourage absolution, Eva Boodman makes the case for a transformative whiteness that dismantles the moral, racial, political and affective constructs t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boodman, Eva (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022].
Series:Philosophy of race.
Subjects:
White people > Race identity > United States.
Race awareness > United States.
Racism > United States.
Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
Responsibility > United States.
United States > Race relations.
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Summary:White Ignorance and Complicit Responsibility addresses the problem of white denial. Rejecting punitive moralities that reproduce white innocence and encourage absolution, Eva Boodman makes the case for a transformative whiteness that dismantles the moral, racial, political and affective constructs that keep racial capitalism in place.
Physical Description:ix, 157 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781793639011
1793639019