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  • Published: 15 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781523000005
  • Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $49.99
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Dismantling Global White Privilege

Equity for a Post-Western World




White privilege damages and distorts societies around the world, not just in the United States. This book exposes its pervasive global reach and creates a new space for discourse on worldwide racial equality.
 

White privilege damages and distorts societies around the world, not just in the United States. This book exposes its pervasive global reach and creates a new space for discourse on worldwide racial equality.

As Chandran Nair shows in this uncompromising new book, a belief in the innate superiority of White people and Western culture, once the driving force behind imperialism, is now woven into the very fabric of globalization. It is so insidious that, as Nair points out, even many non-White people have internalized it, judging themselves by an alien standard. It has no rival in terms of longevity, global reach, harm done, and continuing subversion of other cultures and societies.

Nair takes a comprehensive look at the destructive influence of global White privilege. He examines its impact on geopolitics, the reframing of world history, and international business practices. In the soft-power spheres of White privilege—entertainment, the news media, sports, and fashion—he offers example after example of how White cultural products remain the aspirational standard. Even environmentalism has been corrupted, dominated by a White savior mentality whereby technologies and practices built in the West will save the supposedly underdeveloped, poorly governed, and polluted non-Western world.

For all these areas, Nair gives specific suggestions for breaking the power of White privilege. It must be dismantled—not just because it is an injustice but also because we will be creating a post-Western world that has less conflict, is more united, and is better able to respond to the existential challenges facing all of us.

  • Published: 15 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781523000005
  • Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $49.99
Categories:

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“Chandran Nair asks difficult questions and offers bold, provocative answers. One may disagree with his answers but has to admire his willingness to tackle thorny problems. These pages open our eyes to some of the most urgent problems facing humanity. A must-read.”
—Moisés Naím, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The End of Power
 
“Nair shows that more than ever, state capacity matters for sustainable prosperity, and this is precisely the Achilles’ heel of most of the developing world.”
—Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and India Grows at Night
 

Praise for The Sustainable State


“Chandran Nair asks difficult questions and offers bold, provocative answers. One may disagree with his answers but has to admire his willingness to tackle thorny problems. These pages open our eyes to some of the most urgent problems facing humanity. A must-read.”
—Moisés Naím, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The End of Power
 
“Nair shows that more than ever, state capacity matters for sustainable prosperity, and this is precisely the Achilles’ heel of most of the developing world.”
—Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and India Grows at Night
 

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