Race Skepticism and the Racial Satire of George Schuyler (w/ Sheena Mason and Kevin Currie-Knight

September 29, 2021 01:37:28
Race Skepticism and the Racial Satire of George Schuyler (w/ Sheena Mason and Kevin Currie-Knight
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Race Skepticism and the Racial Satire of George Schuyler (w/ Sheena Mason and Kevin Currie-Knight

Sep 29 2021 | 01:37:28

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Show Notes

Kevin Currie-Knight and Sheena Mason (SUNY Oneonta) discuss Sheena's theory of racelessness, why she is a race skeptic and eliminativist, and their mutual interest in the race satire of Harlem Renaissance writer George Schuyler.

:05 - Why talk about race always seems so polarized and partisan
7:45 - Sheena is a skeptic and eliminativist about race. What does that mean, and how does it compare to other approaches?
17:35 - Ibram Kendi's approach to thinking about race is understandable but wrong.
29:56: How to attempt racelessness in a world so used to the existence of race?
40:29 - what will "interracial" intimacy, marriage, and births do to current notions of race?
51:36 - Harlem Renaissance writer George Schuyler and satirizing the fiction of race
1;07:25 - Is Schuyler's skepticism about race partly why he drifted to the political right-wing?

CONNECT WITH SHEENA:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/queenshe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theory-of-racelessness
Website: https://www.theoryofracelessness.org

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