Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Anthropology
Department
American Studies
Journal Title
Current Anthropology
Pub Date
10-2020
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Volume
61
Issue
S22
First Page
S183
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Racism is defined as a modern system of inequity emergent in Atlantic slavery in which “Whiteness” is born and embedded. This essay describes its transformation. The operation of racist Whiteness in current archaeology and related anthropological practices is demonstrated in the denigration and exclusion of Black voices and the denial of racism and its diverse appropriations afforded the White authorial voice. The story of New York’s African Burial Ground offers a case in point.
Recommended Citation
Blakey, Michael L., Archaeology under the Blinding Light of Race (2020). Current Anthropology, 61(S22), S183-S197.
https://doi.org/10.1086/710357
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/710357
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