TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell,W.J.T. TI - Seeing Through Race T2 - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures SN - 9780674065352 AV - HT1521 U1 - 305.8 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I: Teachable Moments -- Lecture 1: The Moment of Theory -- Lecture 2: The Moment of Blackness -- Lecture 3: The Semitic Moment -- Part II: Teachable Objects -- Chapter 1: Gilo's Wall and Christo's Gates -- Chapter 2: Binational Allegory -- Chapter 3: Migration, Law, and the Image -- Chapter 4: Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, Poussin -- Conclusion: Money and Masquerade -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index N2 - According to Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct, he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301101 ER -