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The Racial Contract
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The racial contract is a historical actuality and an exploitation contract as mentioned in this paper, and the racial contract has to be enforced through violence and ideological conditioning, and it has been recognized by non-whites as the real moral/political agreement to be challenged.Abstract:
Introduction1. Overview The Racial Contract is political, moral, and epistemological The Racial Contract is a historical actuality The Racial Contract is an exploitation contract2. Details The Racial Contract norms (and races) space The Racial Contract norms (and races) the individual The Racial Contract underwrites the modern social contract The Racial Contract has to be enforced through violence and ideological conditioning3. "Naturalized" Merits The Racial Contract historically tracks the actual moral/political consciousness of (most) white moral agents The Racial Contract has always been recognized by nonwhites as the real moral/political agreement to be challenged The "Racial Contract" as a theory is explanatorily superior to the raceless social contractNotes Index -- Cornell University Pressread more
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