The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader

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An anthology of original essays that examine white supremacy around the globe through the lens of anthropology

White supremacy has shaped cultural anthropology from its inception, yet the discipline also offers powerful tools for understanding how this corrosive force structures societies around the world. The Anthropology of White Supremacy explores how this phenomenon works around the globe and within anthropology itself. Gathering original essays from a diverse, international group of anthropologists, this collection illustrates that white supremacy, far from being only a fringe belief of white nationalists and fascists, is a core mainstream ideology. The book includes essays about many countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and the United States, and takes up such topics as American advertising, the Belgian Congo, South Asian philosophies, police cadets, U.S. immigration courts, Guantnamo memoirs, Palestinian feminism, Hollywood paparazzi, and how Indigenous anthropologists can counter the damage of settler colonialism. The result reveals not only how anthropology can help us to better comprehend white supremacy, but also how the discipline can help us begin to dismantle it.

With contributors by Omolade Adunbi, Samar Al-Bulushi, Aisha M. Beliso-De Jess, Michael Blakey, Mitzi Uehara Carter, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Celina de Sa, Vanessa Diaz, Britt Halvorson, Faye Harrison, Sarah Ihmoud, Anthony R. Jerry, Darryl Li, Kristn Loftsdttir, Christopher Loperena, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Jemima Pierre, Jean Muteba Rahier, Laurence Ralph, Renya K. Ramirez, Junaid Rana, Joshua Reno, Jonathan Rosa, Shalini Shankar, and Maria Styve.

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Aisha M. Beliso-De Jess is a cultural and social anthropologist, professor of American studies at Princeton University, and the author of Electric Santera. Jemima Pierre is associate professor of African American studies and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of The Predicament of Blackness. Junaid Rana is a cultural anthropologist, associate professor of Asian American studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the author of Terrifying Muslims.