ABSTRACT
By combining the arguments in chapters one and two it is possible to see that how we use race everyday is much more dependent on what individuals have learned of the concept than is true for class. The social and fictional status of absolute racial difference make its production contingent on the ability of raced subjects to regulate its impact. In otherwords, race requires subjects that can reproduce the idea of difference as hierarchy in a fluid social environment. The conception of a racial subject changes as the needs of the social practices that support this difference change. In this chapter I will discuss how we look at racial subjectivity today.
