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Race and Revisability

Howard University

This article investigates the changing definitions of race. In this article, the author asks the questions, (a) To what extent is race an ontological, linguistically lexical, or political category? (b) Howhave changing scientific (i.e., DNA and Human Genome Project) and political (i.e., changing definitions for purposes of the 2000 census) paradigms altered conceptions of race? and (c) Are open definitions (i.e., constantly revisable) the correct process philosophy, or pragmatist, trope for postmodern conceptions of race?

Key Words: race • racial essentialism • conservation of race • ontology of race

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, No. 5, 612-632 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704268283


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