When colorblindness isn't the answer :
Pinn, Anthony B.,
When colorblindness isn't the answer : humanism and the challenge of race / Anthony B. Pinn. - 144 pages ; 22 cm. - Humanism in practice .
"The future of the United States rests in many ways on how the ongoing challenge of racial injustice in the country is addressed. Yet, humanists remain divided over what if any agenda should guide humanist thought and action toward questions of race. In this volume, Anthony B. Pinn makes a clear case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life in general and human flourishing in particular. As a first step, humanists should stop asking why so many racial minorities remain committed to religious traditions that have destroyed lives, perverted justice, and justified racial discrimination. Rather, Pinn argues, humanists must first confront a more pertinent and pressing question: why has humanism failed to provide a more compelling alternative to theism for so many minority groups? For only with a bit of humility and perspective-and a recognition of the various ways in which we each contribute to racial injustice-can we truly fight for justice"-- "Examines why has humanism failed to provide a more compelling alternative to theism for so many minority groups and makes a case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life in general and human flourishing in particular"--
9781634311229 (paperback)
2016052927
Humanism--United States.
Humanism, Religious.
Race--Religious aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.
United States--Race relations--Religious aspects.
B821 / .P473 2017
144
When colorblindness isn't the answer : humanism and the challenge of race / Anthony B. Pinn. - 144 pages ; 22 cm. - Humanism in practice .
"The future of the United States rests in many ways on how the ongoing challenge of racial injustice in the country is addressed. Yet, humanists remain divided over what if any agenda should guide humanist thought and action toward questions of race. In this volume, Anthony B. Pinn makes a clear case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life in general and human flourishing in particular. As a first step, humanists should stop asking why so many racial minorities remain committed to religious traditions that have destroyed lives, perverted justice, and justified racial discrimination. Rather, Pinn argues, humanists must first confront a more pertinent and pressing question: why has humanism failed to provide a more compelling alternative to theism for so many minority groups? For only with a bit of humility and perspective-and a recognition of the various ways in which we each contribute to racial injustice-can we truly fight for justice"-- "Examines why has humanism failed to provide a more compelling alternative to theism for so many minority groups and makes a case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life in general and human flourishing in particular"--
9781634311229 (paperback)
2016052927
Humanism--United States.
Humanism, Religious.
Race--Religious aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.
United States--Race relations--Religious aspects.
B821 / .P473 2017
144