OSP: Paul Gilroy - Diasporic identity
1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroy has published work on a arange of subjects. He consistently argued that racial identities are historically constructed- formed by colonisation, slavery, nationalist philosophies and consumer capitalism. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Racial identities are the result of racial abuse. Racial characters are caused by authentic clashes that have brought diverse gatherings into resistance. This shouldn't imply that that there were no human contrasts previously recorded clash between various gatherings; diverse people bunches existed however their disparities were not characterised by 'race' lines. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? Ethnic absolutism is a line of reasoning which sees people are a piece of various ethnic compartments, with race as the premise of human separation. Gilroy is against ethnic absolutism as it is counter to his conte