Decolonizing Sociology: Epistemic Inequality and Sociological Thought

Go, Julian

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“…As the above discussion of academic affordances suggests, privileging certain taken‐for‐granted approaches to knowledge production and dissemination can lead to the systematic production of ignorance (Kleinman & Suryanarayanan, ). Indeed, there is a racial economy of knowledge that reflects how dominant groups work to mask “White logics” and “White methods” as politically neutral research standards, even as these facilitate forms of racialized non‐knowing (Go, ; Harding, ; Zuberi & Bonilla‐Silva, ). For example, Steinberg () demonstrates how White sociologists' commitment to a paradigm accenting “race relations” over “racism” worked to obscure the structural basis of racial hierarchy and inequality for generations (see also Bonilla‐Silva, ; Feagin, ).…”

Section: Promise In the Study Of Racism Racial Domination And Raciamentioning

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Advancing a sociology of ignorance in the study of racism and racial non‐knowing

Mueller

2018

Sociology Compass

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By a wealth of indicators, ignorance appears a bona fide if often vexing social fact. Ignorance is socially constructed, negotiated, and pervasive; ignorance is often socially inevitable, even necessary; and, without a doubt, ignorance is socially consequential. Yet, despite its significance, ignorance has appeared a largely secondary concern among sociologists. Perhaps more perplexing, while sociologists of racism, power, and domination have long focused on the ways racial ideologies distort and mystify racial understanding to sustain White supremacy over time, we have done less to elaborate ignorance than is possible and warranted.Here, I join growing calls for a fully-fledged "sociology of ignorance" and argue that antiracist and decolonial scholars have much to gain from and contribute to such an endeavor. This article traces the historical forebears of a "sociology of ignorance" and explores ignorance as a social concept before turning to examine precedents and increasing attention to ignorance scholarship on racism, racial domination, and racialized non-knowing. Drawing from this work, I urge race-critical scholars take advantage of our unique position to advance theory and methodology surrounding ignorance and the social-cultural production of non-knowledge as a broader area of social inquiry.

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Section: Promise In the Study Of Racism Racial Domination And Raciamentioning

confidence: 99%

Advancing a sociology of ignorance in the study of racism and racial non‐knowing

Mueller

2018

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“…In this case, this means that the discussion of a Black, queer, women-and femme-led movement is bookended by thoughts that come without a clear epistemology about the use of evidence or systematic analytic process. This lack of a systematic methodology is exactly the critique levied against intersectional work, Patricia Hill Collin's Afrocentric epistemology and other efforts by non-white scholars to either move away ACCEPTED AT ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES FOR 2020 REVIEW ISSUE VOLUME 43, ISSUE 8 from white logics and methods (Zuberi and Bonilla-Silva 2008) or to decolonize the academy (Go 2017;Hall and Tandon 2017;Rodriguez 2018). It also means that the final word goes to he who has already once published his view that empowered Black voices should not be "prioritized."…”

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Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing

Buggs

Sims

Kramer

2020

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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This critical reply engages in a critique of the prominence of "white logic" and "white methods" (Zuberi and Bonilla-Silva 2008) in academic publishing. We assess how the construction and proliferation of white knowledge(s) shapes analysis and interpretation, argumentation, peer review, and ultimately, publication. We call for a rejection of what we name "white distraction" and encourage the academic community to move toward more inclusive and decolonial modes of thinking, reviewing, and publishing.

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“…In this case, this means that the discussion of a Black, queer, women-and femme-led movement is bookended by thoughts that come without a clear epistemology about the use of evidence or systematic analytic process. This lack of a systematic methodology is exactly the critique levied against intersectional work, Patricia Hill Collin's Afrocentric epistemology and other efforts by non-white scholars to either move away from white logics and methods (Zuberi and Bonilla-Silva 2008) or to decolonize the academy (Go 2017;Hall and Tandon 2017;Rodriguez 2018). It also means that the final word goes to he who has already once published his view that empowered Black voices should not be "prioritized."…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing

Buggs¹,

Sims²,

Kramer³

2019

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This critical reply engages in a critique of the prominence of “white logic” and “white methods” (Zuberi and Bonilla-Silva 2008) in academic publishing. We assess how the construction and proliferation of white knowledge(s) shapes analysis and interpretation, argumentation, peer review, and ultimately, publication. We call for a rejection of what we name “white distraction” and encourage the academic community to move toward more inclusive and decolonial modes of thinking, reviewing, and publishing.

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Decolonizing Sociology: Epistemic Inequality and Sociological Thought

Cited by 72 publications

References 6 publications

Advancing a sociology of ignorance in the study of racism and racial non‐knowing

Advancing a sociology of ignorance in the study of racism and racial non‐knowing

Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing

Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing

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