"Abolish the White Race" or "Transfer Economic Power to the People"?: Some Educational Implications

Autor/in	Cole, Mike
Titel	"Abolish the White Race" or "Transfer Economic Power to the People"?: Some Educational Implications
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 10 (2012) 2, S.202-232 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Social Systems; Educational Practices; Critical Theory; Race; Racial Attitudes; Racial Relations; Racial Bias; Change Strategies; Organizational Objectives; Activism; Beliefs; Misconceptions; Blacks; Whites; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Social Theories; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungspraxis; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Rassenfrage; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Lösungsstrategie; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Belief; Glaube; Missverständnis; Black person; Schwarzer; White; Weißer; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Gesellschaftstheorie; USA
Abstract	"Race Traitor", a movement founded by Noel Ignatiev and John Garvey, has been given a boost in recent months in three different arenas: the Occupy movement; an antiracist advertising campaign; and in an academic journal. With respect to the last, which is the main focus of this paper, Critical Race Theorists John Preston and Charlotte Chadderton, in "Race, Ethnicity and Education," argue that the "Race Traitor" movement is "a political form with resonance for contemporary Marxists" and Anarchists. Their intention, they state, is to try to counter the arguments of what they refer to "a left Marxist critique" that considers "Race Traitor" misguided and politically untenable. In this paper, I suggest that while "Race Traitor" has strengths in its depiction of the horrors of racism in the US in the 1990s and before, and in a few practical suggestions for combating racism at an individual level, as a campaigning movement, it is misguided and politically untenable. I identify three major problems with "Race Traitor": its vulnerability to being misunderstood; its almost exclusive focus on the "black/white" binary; and its tactics and the lack of clarity in its vision of a just society. I argue that twenty-first century "multicultural" socialism provides a more viable and credible alternative to neoliberal capitalism than does "Race Traitor". In so doing, I consider some implications for educational practice of "Race Traitor" and twenty-first century socialism respectively. I conclude with a Postscript, updating the politics of Noel Ignatiev. (Contains 17 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
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Update	2017/4/10