Racism is a world problem. From Morocco to China Brazil to Indonesia racism is being debated
and contested. Multiracism broadens the horizon on this global challenge showing that racism
has a diverse history with multiple roots and routes. Drawing on examples of racism from across
the globe with particular focus on cases from Asia and Africa Alastair Bonnett rethinks the
origins of racism and the connections between racism and modernity. Arguing that plural
modernities are interwoven with plural racisms he explores the relationship of racism to
history religion politics and nationalism as well as to anti-Black prejudice and discourses
of whiteness. Empirically rich with numerous in-depth case studies Multiracism equips readers
to understand racism in a multipolar world where power is no longer the sole possession of the
West. It provides and provokes a new international and post-Western vision of racism for the
twenty-first century.
