In The Racial Contract, Charles Mills provides a model for racial domination and emphasizes equality. Charles Mills argues in his paper that the political system has been built to keep white people and Europeans in power and racially exploit non-whites. The Social Contract discriminates against people of color. White supremacy is a racist ideology where white people are regarded as superior and should be allowed to control other races. White supremacy is the belief that minorities should be subservient and causes systemic racism and oppression on those races. Mills presents the Racial Contract, which is the agreement exclusive to whites that promote and maintains white supremacy. In Mills’s first thesis, he examines the 3 contracts of the
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And the purpose of this state, by contrast with the neutral state of classic contractarianism, is, interalia, specifically to maintain and reproduce this racial order, securing the privileges and advantages of the full white citizens and maintaining the subordination of nonwhites,” (Mills 13-14). The political contract establishes a society and government that is dominated by white people. The Moral Contract is the moral hierarchy where colored people are “sub-persons” or “subject races” so they aren’t taken into account and the moral right to freedom and equality is restricted only to white people. Furthermore, the Epistemological Contract is the epistemological ignorance of white people on racial issues and oppressive actions “in order to establish and maintain the white polity,”(Mills 19). The Racial Contract treats nonwhites as objects rather than subjects of the “agreement”. The purpose of it is to secure the privileges and advantages of white citizens and maintain the subordination of people of …show more content…
The Racial Contract is also an exploitation contract. Mills claims that “the bottom line is material advantage. Globally, the Racial Contract creates Europe as the continent that dominates the world/locally, within Europe and the other continents, it designates Europeans as the privileged race,”(Mills 33). The rise of Europe’s power had greatly to do with the colonization and exploitation of other countries. The nations involved don’t benefit the same or at all compared to Europe so there is the exploitation of the indigenous people in those countries. In “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the letter elaborates on the interview Coates had with a Newswoman and how she asked him why he believed that America's progress was founded on looting and violence. Coates was disappointed due to the fact that he thought it was obvious America was built on slavery and the genocide of other nations while being fueled by racism. Coates feels like the question correlates to the condition of his body, which carries the history and suffering of oppression, racism, and slavery on his shoulders. This is a relevant example from the book to the thesis because it explains a way that Europeans have exploited a country, Africa for their benefit. They have caused genocides and subjected millions to forced
And the purpose of this state, by contrast with the neutral state of classic contractarianism, is, interalia, specifically to maintain and reproduce this racial order, securing the privileges and advantages of the full white citizens and maintaining the subordination of nonwhites,” (Mills 13-14). The political contract establishes a society and government that is dominated by white people. The Moral Contract is the moral hierarchy where colored people are “sub-persons” or “subject races” so they aren’t taken into account and the moral right to freedom and equality is restricted only to white people. Furthermore, the Epistemological Contract is the epistemological ignorance of white people on racial issues and oppressive actions “in order to establish and maintain the white polity,”(Mills 19). The Racial Contract treats nonwhites as objects rather than subjects of the “agreement”. The purpose of it is to secure the privileges and advantages of white citizens and maintain the subordination of people of …show more content…
The Racial Contract is also an exploitation contract. Mills claims that “the bottom line is material advantage. Globally, the Racial Contract creates Europe as the continent that dominates the world/locally, within Europe and the other continents, it designates Europeans as the privileged race,”(Mills 33). The rise of Europe’s power had greatly to do with the colonization and exploitation of other countries. The nations involved don’t benefit the same or at all compared to Europe so there is the exploitation of the indigenous people in those countries. In “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the letter elaborates on the interview Coates had with a Newswoman and how she asked him why he believed that America's progress was founded on looting and violence. Coates was disappointed due to the fact that he thought it was obvious America was built on slavery and the genocide of other nations while being fueled by racism. Coates feels like the question correlates to the condition of his body, which carries the history and suffering of oppression, racism, and slavery on his shoulders. This is a relevant example from the book to the thesis because it explains a way that Europeans have exploited a country, Africa for their benefit. They have caused genocides and subjected millions to forced