The Racial Contract
by Charles W. Mills
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Author: Charles W. MillsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09
ISBN: 0801484634
Number of pages: 171
Publisher: Cornell University Press
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Summary: 4 Stars
Regardless of age, skin color, or ethnicity, Charles Mills' concepts regarding the invisible contract of white supremacy is an eloquent truth about modern society. Citizens go through day to day life with a misconception that the fight for equality was somehow miraculously won with desegregation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. However, The Racial Contract throws that notion right out the door. Unfortunately, unless you are engaged in the current injustices regarding racial tensions, the concept is lost. Charles Mills fully admits his "contract" is not a tangible text of racist beliefs, but the text is a detailed description of the subconscious ideologies of superiority that truly dictate political agenda. Unfamiliar with the work of Mills until my Junior year in college, I have to say that Mills accomplished his goal of redirecting pigeon-holed ideas, at least with myself. I would recommend The Racial Contract to anyone who believes in the power of knowledge. Although, I caution readers who would read this book for the simple sake of saying you read it. Unless you are open to thought provoking ideas and enlightening truths this book is not for you, only because it deserves an open mind and respect toward a heartbreaking realization that the land of the free really isn't as free as we would like to think.
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