Introduction

The introductory chapter by the co-editors lays the framework for discussions of racialization and global inequality across global contexts. We define particular terms we are utilizing and how we see the forces of colonization having shaped many of the forms of racialization that exist across the globe. “Race” per se is not a category of analysis in this volume; the processes of “racialization” are of interest here insofar as they have created hierarchies, rationale for forms of domination, and unequal social and educational opportunities across the globe.

Each of the fifteen chapters in the volume is summarized briefly in the introductory chapter to set the foundation for the book and begin to put chapter authors in conversation with one another to offer coherence to the broad-ranging book.