The education of racial perception
Abstract
This article argues for the practice of the 'education of racial perception' as a critical component of any struggle against racial oppression (and for a liberated humanity generally). Taking the phenomenological ontology suggested by Linda Alcoff's recent book Visible Identities, I argue that the project of educating our racial perception is a way to critically assess the way in which our perception of race both conditions and is conditioned by a racialized social world. By learning more about and ultimately challenging this relation we affirm our responsibility and agency in the face of an oppressive status quo. © The Author(s) 2010.
Publication Title
Philosophy and Social Criticism
Recommended Citation
Monahan, M. (2010). The education of racial perception. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 36 (2), 209-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453709351848
