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A Conversation on Race and Colorism in Social Forces

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: It is now widely recognized in sociology that racialized inequality is a persistent structural phenomenon that infiltrates every aspect of life. However, at the inception of Social Forces in 1922, dominant perspectives on race and inequality spanned a continuum, from biological racism — focused on inherent biological inferiorities — to paternalistic attitudes guided by desires to help those deemed less fortunate. The leadership of the journal originally held similar views (see Kalleberg and Newell 2022). Yet, with significant changes to society, politics, and culture, scholarship published in the journal on race and racism incorporated different perspectives of racialized inequality and helped to capture the consequences of its ubiquity.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/8rp0-js69

Authors: Gonzalez, Shannon Malone, Hargrove, Taylor

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Race, History, and American Society

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414683541

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