Alternative Temporalities: US Post-Racialism and Brazilian Racial Democracy

This paper juxtaposes the temporalities at work in the discourses of racial democracy in Brazil and post-racialism in the United States. It finds that each provides a distinct example of what Charles Mills calls white time, or a temporal imaginary that functions to protect extant forms of white supr...

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Published in:Theory & event 2018-07, Vol.21 (3), p.725-752
Main Author: Stanley, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black Power movement
Criticism
Democracy
Federal legislation
Narratives
Obama, Barack
Political activism
Race
Racialization
Racism
Slavery
Time
White supremacy
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Summary:This paper juxtaposes the temporalities at work in the discourses of racial democracy in Brazil and post-racialism in the United States. It finds that each provides a distinct example of what Charles Mills calls white time, or a temporal imaginary that functions to protect extant forms of white supremacy. Furthermore, as each discourse transforms itself in the face of criticism, they increasingly converge on a prophetic temporality that represents both the most seductive and the most dangerous version of white time.
ISSN:2572-6633
1092-311X
1092-311X
DOI:10.1353/tae.2018.0042