Racial separation persists by being re-framed in non-racial terms

Evidence

This participant is grappling with the dilemma of trying to lay claim to ‘African’ identity while at the same time resisting the association that the category has with blackness (‘the things they do’). Since we already know that this participant excluded himself from the category ‘African’ based on race (Interview extract 27), we should be suspicious of the reason he offers in Interview extract 26, namely the actions of Africans. This appears to be another example of ‘separation de-”racialized”’. When ‘race’ is removed as a reason for separation (instead citing actions), racial separation arguments have more credibility. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 170

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the ‘separation de-racialized’ mechanism — separation justifications gain credibility by substituting actions/behaviors for explicit race as the stated ground.
• XREF: Connects to the reading purpose: the de-racialized separation move is how identity/grievance circuits migrate rather than dissolve — a transfer pattern, not elimination. — connects to: Racism’s modes persist after being severed from their categories of meaning — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1867; Racial disparities persist through mixed factors rather than conscious white racism — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1907; Racial separation persists through blame for mismanagement where race-based justifications are now prohibited. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 172

Broader Connections

• Racism’s modes persist after being severed from their categories of meaning #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1867
• Racial disparities persist through mixed factors rather than conscious white racism #exemplifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1907