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Saturday, July 8, 2023

What Is Race Abolition? - DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

Those of you who are acquainted with my work will know that I am a race abolitionist. Race abolitionism has two components. One is what philosophers call “descriptive”—that is, pertaining to how the world really is—and the other is what philosophers call “normative”—that is, pertaining to how the world should be. On the descriptive front, race abolitionists regard race as a fiction. And on the normative front, race abolitionists hold that the fiction of race is destructive, and should be eliminated. ...

What Is Race Abolition? 

By DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH 
7 JUL 2023




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