The Blinding Light of Race: Race and Racism in Western Society, Volume 3: Unmarking Whiteness and the New American Racism

This book criticizes recent performative solutions to racism (’diversity’ programs at universities, for example) and White people’s ’Fragility’ or intolerance of mature criticism. These ideas are locked in an intellectually gated and defensive conversation that effectively denies the ongoing, particular abuses of White supremacy.

Michael L. Blakey is a leading anthropologist at William & Mary University, whose training and productive research career (80 publications in major journals) integrates human biology, history, and culture, including critical writings on the history and philosophy of science. He is the recipient of many awards, including the President’s Award of the American Anthropological Association, the Legacy Award of the Association of Black Anthropologists, an Honorary Doctor of Science from CUNY, and the Plumeri Award.