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This chapter reviews a series of important accounts which consider racism as an everyday phenomenon. It looks especially at the work of Philomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg and Karen and Barbara Fields. It draws a series of lessons from these pioneering accounts arguing, in conclusion, that they push us to reflect not only on racism as an everyday occurrence, but on the concept of the everyday itself.
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Smith, A. (2016). Weapon and Alibi. In: Racism and Everyday Life: Social Theory, History and ‘Race’. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493569_1
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