@article{ref1,
title="Shifting Paradigms: Sociological Presentations of Race",
journal="American behavioral scientist",
year="2008",
author="MacLean, V. M. and Williams, J. E.",
volume="51",
number="5",
pages="599-624",
abstract="Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences, define problems of study and methodological directives, and imply solutions in the real world. This article provides a brief history of theories of race and race relations, noting that racial paradigms in mainstream sociology have rarely been displaced by radically different ones. Until the 1960s, &quot;new&quot; paradigms appeared as repackaged perspectives with the same background assumptions. In this work, the authors juxtapose the viewpoints of social theorists writing from within the accepted (White &quot;malestream&quot;) canon against the writings of some who until recently have been excluded from the traditional canon. Reading theories from margin to center allows one to rethink the important features of a Black race paradigm that challenges prevailing theories and their background assumptions. This paradigm is characterized by democratic rhetoric, systematic research, and a call for social reform.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-7642",
doi="10.1177/0002764207308807",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207308807"
}