Racial Formation Essay
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The definition of the word “race” is one that has been pondered, debated, scientifically proven and disproved for centuries. It is a word that everyone knows but no one can define. In the publication, “Racial Formation”, the authors, Michael Omi and Howard Winant attempt to define and exp ....
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.... is subjected. This subjection influences people’s ideas of the “rules of racial classification” and gives them a foundation for their own racial identity. This in turn forces us into a racialized social structure where race becomes “common sense” (59), where we can comprehend and explain the relationships and workings of the world. This attempt to explain their definition of race, this racial project, leads to the claim that racism is complex and difficult to understand, start ....
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Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)