Invention of the white race

[Max B. Sawicky]

>
> Have you read Robert Miles' _Racism_, part of the "Key Ideas" series from
> Routledge? He's got a pretty strong critique of "functionalist"
> accounts of
> racism (though I'm not suggesting you are offering such an
> account). Another
> interesting text, though I can't find my copy at the moment, is (something
> like) "All the World's a Fair"--a history of (duh) world fairs.
> Interesting,
> especially the stuff about the construction of otherness, placing Africans
> (among others) in "observation booths", etc., etc.

I would have thought racism preceded US colonization
and stemmed from imperialism and colonialism, or
empire in general.  The Romans were probably racist.

At the very least, the intention of dispossessing
native Americans injected racism into the roots
of the nation.  Africans were not required.

MBS