The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills Plot Summary | LitCharts
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when philosophers treat race and racism as irrelevant to the structure of an ideal society, they miss the fact that racism is the precise reason why societies have not been able to meet that ideal They have justified taking non-white people’s land by arguing that only white men are morally capable o
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- when philosophers treat race and racism as irrelevant to the structure of an ideal society, they miss the fact that racism is the precise reason why societies have not been able to meet that ideal
- They have justified taking non-white people’s land by arguing that only white men are morally capable of truly owning property, and they legalized slavery based on the notion that it would benefit uncivilized non-white people
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