Land, Labor, and Difference: Elementary Structures of Race

Wolfe, Patrick

doi:10.2307/2692330

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“…The United States in particular offers a long record of instances in which official racial classification has been shaped by forces other than methodological concerns (Lee 1993;Morning 2003;Wolfe 2001). The current format that distinguishes Hispanics as an ethnic group but not a race, the inclusion of multiple subcategories of the ''Asian'' race option, and the retention of a ''Some other race'' response are just a few examples of census features championed by political actors.…”

Section: Evaluating Ethnic Enumeration As Policymentioning

confidence: 95%

Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Morning

2008

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Section: Evaluating Ethnic Enumeration As Policymentioning

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Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Morning

2008

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“…Any proposal for new enumeration strategies, however, must reckon with the fact that census construction is not merely an exercise in survey design; it is fundamentally a political process, where state and group interests and ideology thoroughly inform the fi nal census product (Anderson 1988 ;Kertzer and Arel 2002a ;Nobles 2000 ;Skerry 2000 ). The United States in particular offers a long record of instances in which offi cial racial classifi cation has been shaped by forces other than methodological concerns (Lee 1993 ;Morning 2003 ;Wolfe 2001 ). The current format that distinguishes Hispanics as an ethnic group but not a race; the inclusion of multiple sub-categories of the 'Asian' race option; and the retention of a 'Some other race' response are just a few examples of census features championed by political actors.…”

Section: Evaluating Ethnic Enumerationmentioning

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Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Morning

2015

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…Recognition has since evolved as the leading framework through which to redress historical legacies and injustices of exclusion, racism and other forms of discrimination, and to enhance the freedom of Indigenous minorities. This is particularly so in settler states [23,24], where the logic of colonization and invasion ultimately seeks to secure access and complete control over territories and resources (including water) for the benefit of the settling colonies, and thus justifies the coercion, dispossession and elimination of Indigenous peoples [25,26].…”

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Recognition of Barkandji Water Rights in Australian Settler-Colonial Water Regimes

2018

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Abstract:The passage of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) brought with it much anticipation-though in reality, quite limited means-for recognizing and protecting Aboriginal peoples' rights to land and water across Australia. A further decade passed before national and State water policy acknowledged Aboriginal water rights and interests. In 2015, the native title rights of the Barkandji Aboriginal People in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) were recognized after an eighteen-year legal case. This legal recognition represents a significant outcome for the Barkandji People because water and, more specifically, the Darling River, or Barka, is central to their existence. However, the Barkandji confront ongoing struggles to have their common law rights recognized and accommodated within Australian water governance regimes. Informed by literature relating to the politics of recognition, we examine the outcomes of government attempts at Indigenous recognition through four Australian water regimes: national water policy; native title law; NSW water legislation; and NSW water allocation planning. Drawing from the Barkandji's experiences in engaging with water regimes, we analyze and characterize the outcomes of these recognition attempts broadly as 'misrecognition' and 'non-recognition', and describe the associated implications for Aboriginal peoples. These manifestations of colonial power relations, whether intended or not, undermine the legitimacy of state water regimes because they fail to generate recognition of, and respect for, Aboriginal water rights and to redress historical legacies of exclusion and discrimination in access to water.

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Land, Labor, and Difference: Elementary Structures of Race

Cited by 307 publications

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Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round

Recognition of Barkandji Water Rights in Australian Settler-Colonial Water Regimes

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