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Racism

In Defense of Garcia

Oregon State University

Luc Faucher and Edouard Machery’s recent article in this journal uses evidence from psychological studies to criticize Jorge Garcia’s view of racism. This brief response argues that their critique fails because they misinterpret Garcia’s view and engage in some conceptual equivocation. It also argues that their focus on affect and human psychology is in fact compatible with Garcia’s view of racism as rooted in the human heart. Hence the evidence that they cite should be seen as empirical enrichment of Garcia’s basic view, rather than as evidence against that view.

Key Words: discrimination • ethics • race • racism

This version was published on September 1, 2009

Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 3, 475-480 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0048393109332075


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