The Racial Contract - Charles W. Mills torrent

Category: History, Political
Language: English
Keywords: Race Racism Social Contract White-supremacy

Written by Charles W. Mills
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 80 Kbps
Unabridged

Holding up a mirror to mainstream philosophy, this provocative book explains the evolving outline of the social contract from the time of the New World conquest and subsequent colonialism to the written slavery contract, to the “separate but equal” system of racial segregation in the United States.

Mills suggests that the ghettoization of philosophical work on race is no accident. This work challenges the assumption that mainstream theory is itself raceless.
Mills argues that racism is at the core of the “social contract,” rather than racism being an unintended result attributed to the failings of imperfect men.

Specifically, the social contract is a tacit agreement to assert, promote, and maintain the ideal of white supremacy. This intention is deliberate and an integral characteristic of the contract, a characteristic which persists to the present day.