《废除全球白人特权:实现后西方世界的平等》
DISMANTLING GLOBAL WHITE PRIVILEGE: EQUALITY FOR A POST-WESTERN WORLD
作者:Chandran Nair 出版时间:2022年1月
白人特权不仅在美国,而是在全世界损害和扭曲社会 — 本书暴露了它在全球的广泛影响,并为世界范围内针对种族平等问题的讨论创造了新的空间。
2020 年中旬,谋杀乔治•弗洛伊德(George Floyd)的案件在美国引起了全国性的抗议,同时在一百多个国家也发生了声援抗议活动。这些抗议活动往往谴责本国社会的种族不平等和结构性歧视。但没有任何文章为大众描述白人至上在世界各地扮演的潜伏角色。
钱德兰•奈尔(Chandran Nair)谈论到,研究白人特权是了解西方文化压迫和支配地位的最佳方式。从历史,商业,环境,娱乐,媒体时尚和教育等方面,他分析了白人特权如何塑造、压制和摧毁当地文化,以寻求和维持白人经济力量。
奈尔认为白人特权是全球化的推动力,全球上层结构不断维护和复制这种特权,使广泛的白人经济和军事主导地位永久化。作者言辞精炼地阐述了种族政治,使读者能够针对全球范围内取消白人特权的问题形成新的世界观。
作者社交广泛:奈尔是一名国际公认的环境主义和领导力专家,每年大部分时间在各地演讲。他定期为《卫报》,《纽约时报》,CNN,《金融时报》,《华盛顿邮报》,《时代》杂志,《赫芬顿邮报》等媒体撰稿,频繁在电视和 TED 出镜。
卖点:
紧急需求:白人至上和白人特权是全球性问题,主流文献中尚未探讨过这一问题。本书填补了这一关键空白。
热门话题:在乔治•弗洛伊德被谋杀后,随着“黑人的命也是命(Black Lives Matter)”运
动的展开,对反种族主义书籍的需求激增。
Dismantling Global White Privilege: Equity for a Post-Western World
Jan. 4 2022
As Chandran Nair shows in this uncompromising new book, a belief in the innate superiority of White people and Western culture, once the driving force behind imperialism, is now woven into the very fabric of globalization. It is so insidious that, as Nair points out, even many non-White people have internalized it, judging themselves by an alien standard. It has no rival in terms of longevity, global reach, harm done, and continuing subversion of other cultures and societies.
Nair takes a comprehensive look at the destructive influence of global White privilege. He examines its impact on geopolitics, the reframing of world history, and international business practices. In the soft-power spheres of White privilege—entertainment, the news media, sports, and fashion—he offers example after example of how White cultural products remain the aspirational standard. Even environmentalism has been corrupted, dominated by a White savior mentality whereby technologies and practices built in the West will save the supposedly underdeveloped, poorly governed, and polluted non-Western world.
For all these areas, Nair gives specific suggestions for breaking the power of White privilege. It must be dismantled—not just because it is an injustice but also because we will be creating a post-Western world that has less conflict, is more united, and is better able to respond to the existential challenges facing all of us.