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Beyond Race?

While at the moment the world seems to be divided along racial lines and ā€˜raceā€™ appears to be a central axe of social inclusion and exclusion, in this commentary series we discuss whether it is possible or desirable to go ā€˜beyond raceā€™. We explain that we want to explore the idea that we might go ā€˜beyond raceā€™ in four different ways. 
1.ā€™Beyond raceā€™ as a demographic reality of a majority population consisting of people of mixed origin
2. ā€˜Beyond raceā€™ as the possibility to develop public policies that aim to combat inequalities also along color lines, yet are no longer dependent on a notion of race
3. ā€˜Beyond raceā€™ as the possibility of anti-racist political mobilization not grounded in identity politics
4. ā€˜Beyond raceā€™ as a new conceptualization of race that is decoupling biology and culture, or even to stop thinking in racial categories altogether, yet without de-politicizing Blackā€™s, or any subjected groupā€™s, history and experience.  

Authors from different parts of the world, and with different academic backgrounds were invited to reflect on these issues  and to explain their position.

Edited by Sawitri Saharso, Tabea Scharrer, Anju Mary Paul

 

  1. In this rejoinder we argue, based on the papers of this commentary series, that ā€˜raceā€™ is such a tricky notion because it can be used in (at least) two very different and contradictory waysā€”as a concept to disent...

    Authors: Tabea Scharrer and Sawitri Saharso
    Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2023 11:11
  2. In this commentary piece, we argue that we must interrogate the meaning of race and examine why and how race does matter in different societies across contexts before we can even consider moving ā€œbeyond race.ā€ We...

    Authors: Sayaka Osanami Tƶrngren and Karen L. Suyemoto
    Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:9
  3. While at the moment the world seems to be divided along racial lines and ā€˜raceā€™ appears to be a central axe of social inclusion and exclusion, in this article we ask whether it is thinkable to go ā€˜beyond raceā€™...

    Authors: Sawitri Saharso and Tabea Scharrer
    Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:4

    The Correction to this article has been published in Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:6

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