that does obviate the social component of race--to the contrary. it joins it to other identitarian claims, which are performative, which engage communities as they establish claims that define themselves and separate themselves from others.
i asked an arab friend the other day what an "arab" was, and he asserted that the term nowadays is essentially political.
we could make the same statement about the terms below.
ken
On 7/22/12 1:06 PM, kwame zulu shabazz wrote:
Race as a form of social identity now seems, to him, comparably coherent next to gender, ethnicity, nationality, and religion.
-- kenneth w. harrow distinguished professor of english michigan state university department of english east lansing, mi 48824-1036 ph. 517 803 8839 harrow@msu.edu
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