She is he author of Toward
a Global Idea of Race (University of Minnesota Press, 2007).
Not exact matches
The
global reach, extreme influence, and extreme importance
of Christianity is largely due to the fact that the European
races, largely Caucasoid, became the world's most dominant
races as evidenced by their conquest and colonization
of many parts
of the world's major regions and because their religion invariably happened to be some form
of Christianity, consequently, they gave the greater part
of the world not only their languages, their customs, and their
ideas, but also their religion including their version
of what God looks like.
Much work has been done on the
global race aspect, but not enough about the second part
of this equation, the
idea that Britain rises on the world stage as each and every one
of us betters ourselves, educationally, economically and socially.
This momentous
global event caused contemplation on the
idea of boundaries — not just political and geographical boundaries, but also boundaries
of feminism, religion,
race, culture and intellectual thoughts.
His work shrewdly explores and confounds stereotypes
of race and class, engaging with
ideas around identity and authenticity as well as dislocation, multiculturalism,
global food production and revolution, often addressed through playful conceits.