E. SAN JUAN’s RACISM AND CULTURAL STUDIES: A commentary

E. SAN JUAN’s RACISM AND CULTURAL STUDIES: A Commentary

 Originally published 17 September 2009 at The Philippines Matrix Project


REVIEW OF
Racism and Cultural Studies: Critiques of Multiculturalist Ideology and the Politics of Difference by E. San Juan, Jr.  (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2002)



By  Dr. Jeffrey Cabusao
Dept of Cultural Studies, Bryant University, Rhode Island

… needless deaths, suffering, humiliation, and violation of human rights can be attributed to racism… Racists are worldwide, planting their seed of racial superiority and national chauvinism. The real danger is when racists wield their evil with economic and political power to enforce policies that destabilize others, neutralize others, curtail the self-development and self-determination of others. We must not let the roots of racism spread for it is contagious. We must all work in concert with each other to stop the continuous creation of this dreadful disease– this scourge that has cursed this world. Much of this happens right here in our own backyard… “Our backyard” is USA– quite a large territory, but this is where the concentration of work must be.... MORE