Orlando Patterson Quote

We should drop the terms black and white... Not only are the terms black and white denotatively loaded in favor of Euro-Americans—as a check in The Oxford English Dictionary will attest in lurid detail—but by their emphasis on the somatic, they reinforce and legitimize precisely that biological notion of "race" that we claim we want to be rid of.


The Ordeal of Integration (1997)


We should drop the terms black and white... Not only are the terms black and white denotatively loaded in favor of Euro-Americans—as a check in The ...

We should drop the terms black and white... Not only are the terms black and white denotatively loaded in favor of Euro-Americans—as a check in The ...

We should drop the terms black and white... Not only are the terms black and white denotatively loaded in favor of Euro-Americans—as a check in The ...

We should drop the terms black and white... Not only are the terms black and white denotatively loaded in favor of Euro-Americans—as a check in The ...