...PART ONE. Calculating Improvements 1. After the Great White Error the Great Black Mirage Paul Gilroy The Negro is not. Any more than the white man.—Frantz Fanon The horrors of the twentieth century brought ‘‘races’’ to political life more vividly and naturalistically than imperial...

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...The Great Divide Antoinette Ferdinand It is not uncommon to hear older generations of people in Sri Lanka talk about the kinds of social relations that existed between members of the various ethnic com- munities before the ethnic conflict became so politicized and violent. Antoinette Fer...

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