 To move forward, we must look back: White supremacy at the base of urban studiesMiguel Angel Montalva Barba Urban Studies, 2023, vol. 60, issue 5, 791-810 Abstract: The concretisation of the Chicago School solidified and inscribed in the city their obsession with the ‘Negro Problem’, race, race relations and (im)migration. Their fixation not only framed modern sociology with an emphasis on the ‘Other’ but cemented a taken-for-granted undergirding of Whiteness at its base. As a discipline, until we can name, point out, understand and highlight that form of violence, urban sociology will be deficient in understanding the city, particularly, but not limited to the US. As an alternative, I offer Du Boisian sociology, critical race theory, and global critical race and racism to aid in moving away from an unstated Whiteness. This article shows how Whiteness is at the base of the urban question and its consequences via the trajectory of the first sociologists of colour trained at the Chicago School, the work on the ghetto, underclass and the effects of such work. Keywords: race/ethnicity; diversity/cohesion/segregation; agglomeration/urbanisation; social justice; displacement/gentrification; critical race theory; Du Bois; æ°‘æ— /ç§ æ—; 多元化/å‡ è šåŠ›/隔离; é›†è š/城市化; 社会æ£ä¹‰; é©±é€ /绅士化; æ‰¹åˆ¤æ€§ç§ æ— ç †è®º; æ œæ³¢ä¾ æ–¯ï¼ˆDu Bois） (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:60:y:2023:i:5:p:791-810 DOI: 10.1177/00420980221129150 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Urban Studies from Urban Studies Journal Limited |
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