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Innovating inequity: if race is a technology, postracialism is the genius bar 创造不公平：如果种族是一项技术，后种族主义就是天才的阻碍 Abstract: In this essay I posit race as a kind of technology, one that creates parallel universes and premature death, requiring routine maintenance and upgrade. I suggest that David Theo Goldberg's Are We Postracial Yet? is a story of innovation that expertly exposes the trade secrets of the social production of race. I argue that not only are technological and social innovation metaphorically linked; technoscience is also one of the most effective conduits for reproducing racial inequality, and so I extend Goldberg's analysis to address the central role of science and technology in modern statecraft and racecraft. Finally, if postracial innovators are busily refurbishing racism to remake inequality, then those who seek radical transformation in the other direction, towards freedom and justice, must re-examine the default settings, rather than the routine breakdowns, of social life. 摘要：在这篇文章中我把种族刻画为一种技术，一个创造了平行宇宙和成熟前死亡，需要日常的维护和升级的技术。我认为David Theo Goldberg的《我们已经在后种族时代吗？》是一个创新的故事，它巧妙地揭露了种族的社会化生产的交易秘密。我认为，不仅技术和社会创新隐喻地关联着；科技也是一个再现种族不平等的最有效的渠道，所以我扩展了Goldberg的分析，以解决现代治国策略和种族策略中科学技术的核心作用。最后，如果后种族的创新者正忙着装饰种族主义以重造不平等，那么那些寻求在其他方向的根本转变而走向自由和正义的人，必须重新审视默认的现状，而不把它当成社会生活中的司空见惯的失效。 作者: Benjamin, Ruha 来源：ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES 卷: 39 期: 13 页: 2227-2234 出版年: OCT 2016 (责任编辑：admin) |