@article{ref1,
title="Bernard Magubane's <i>The Making of a Racist State Revisited:</i> 20 years on",
journal="Journal of Black studies",
year="2016",
author="Nyoka, Bongani",
volume="47",
number="8",
pages="903-927",
abstract="The year 2016 not only marks the 20th anniversary of Bernard Magubane's classic book in historical sociology, The Making of a Racist State: British Imperialism and the Union of South Africa, 1875-1910, but it is also a year in which White South Africans engaged in racial bigotry on social media. A number of commentators, together with South African politicians, have argued that racism in South Africa should be &quot;criminalized.&quot; This review essay argues that such an approach is not only ahistorical but that it also mistakes the unessential for the essential. In particular, the review essay conducts a close reading of Magubane's book in an effort to gain insights on how best to understand racism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9347",
doi="10.1177/0021934716658864",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021934716658864"
}