Archaeology under the Blinding Light of Race

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Article Title

Archaeology under the Blinding Light of Race

Journal Title

Current Anthropology

Author(s)

Blakey, Michael

Year of Publication

2020

Volume Number

61

Issue Number

S22

Article Pages

422-436

Web Address (URL)

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/710357

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The University of Chicago Press Journals

Language

English

Notes

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.

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